The Roald Dahl Omnibus
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''The Roald Dahl Omnibus'' is a 1986 short story collection by
Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...
. The collection contains 28 stories selected from ''
Switch Bitch ''Switch Bitch'' (1974) is a book of adult short stories by British writer Roald Dahl. Four stories, originally published in ''Playboy'' between 1965 and 1974, are collected. They are linked by themes of rape by deception: in each one some majo ...
'', '' Kiss, Kiss'', and '' Someone Like You'' – a collection of Dahl stories published in various magazines and collections from the 1940s onward.Laurie Collier, Joyce Nakamur
Major authors and illustrators for children and young adults: a selection of sketches from Something about the author, Volume 2
p.618. Gale Research, 1993
The five stories not reprinted from the source books are "My Lady Love, My Dove" and "The Sound Machine" from ''Someone Like You'', "Parson's Pleasure" and "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" from ''Kiss Kiss'', and "The Visitor" from ''Switch Bitch''.


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