''
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected'' is a collection of 16
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
written by British author
Roald Dahl and first published in 1979. All of the stories were earlier published in various magazines, and then in the collections ''
Someone Like You'' and ''
Kiss Kiss''.
Contents
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Taste
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Lamb to the Slaughter"
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Man from the South"
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Dip in the Pool
"Dip in the Pool" is a macabre short story by British writer Roald Dahl, originally published in the 19 January 1952 edition of ''The New Yorker''. It later appeared in the collection '' Someone Like You'' (1953).
Plot summary
On a British crui ...
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Galloping Foxley
"Galloping Foxley" is a short story by Roald Dahl first published in '' Town & Country'' in 1953. It was included in the short-story collection '' Someone Like You'', and was later adapted into an episode of '' Tales of The Unexpected''.
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Skin
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Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different de ...
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Neck"
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Nunc Dimittis
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The Landlady"
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William and Mary
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* The joint reign of William III of England (II of Scotland) and Mary II of England (and Scotland)
* William and Mary style, a furniture design common from 1700 to 1725 named for the couple
William and Mary may ...
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The Way Up to Heaven"
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Parson's Pleasure
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Mrs Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
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Royal Jelly
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Edward the Conqueror"
Adaptations
Stories from this anthology were adapted for
Anglia's popular television series ''
Tales of the Unexpected,'' broadcast on
ITV from 1979 to 1988.
References
Short story collections by Roald Dahl
1979 short story collections
Michael Joseph books
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