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Tales of the Unexpected (short story collection)

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Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of 16 short stories written by British author Roald Dahl and first published in 1979. All of the stories were earlier published in the books Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss.[1]

AuthorRoald Dahl
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime • horror • conte cruel
PublisherMichael Joseph
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Tales of the Unexpected
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AuthorRoald Dahl
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime • horror • conte cruel
PublisherMichael Joseph
Publication dateSeptember 1979
Media typeprint
Pages256
ISBN0-7181-1751-4
OCLC903938072
Followed byMore Tales of the Unexpected 
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This collection, along with More Tales of the Unexpected, was issued as a companion to Anglia's popular television series Tales of the Unexpected, broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1988.[2]

Stories

  1. "Taste"
  2. "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  3. "Man from the South"
  4. "My Lady Love, My Dove"
  5. "Dip in the Pool"
  6. "Galloping Foxley"
  7. "Skin"
  8. "Neck"
  9. "Nunc Dimittis"
  10. "The Landlady"
  11. "William and Mary"
  12. "The Way Up to Heaven"
  13. "Parson's Pleasure"
  14. "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat"
  15. "Royal Jelly"
  16. "Edward the Conqueror"

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