Roald Dahl Collection 8 Books Set (Trickery, War, Fear, Innocence, Deception, Madness, Cruelty, Lust)

So many people never knew that Roald Dahl wrote for adults as well as children. Love these books! My favourite of them has been War.

This is a great set of adult short stories by Roald Dahl. The topic based books are a handy size for travelling and being short stories they are great for reading on a commute when you do that have time to get stuck into a longer book.Check the contents before buying though, especially with any other recommendations as the stories are a repackaging of some of Mr Dahl’s other works like Boy, Going Solo, kiss kiss etc so you might be duplicating what you have already. If you haven’t got any others though this is a great set to get

Arrived on time as described great books would use seller again

8 books in a brand new condition. lots of classic stories included plus autobiographical material about Dahl himself. Glad this was included otherwise probably wouldn't have read, but it's actually very interesting.

Amazing short stories and insight into his life as a fighter pilot!

Bought this set for a young grand child without realising it was more Tales of the Unexpected rather than The Gruffalo... Nice set of books just not for this audience....Pleased I was able to return it and buy something more suitable..

This is the best option for getting ALL 58 of Roald Dahl’s short stories. Three of the stories are printed twice here across the 8 books (Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat, The Landlady & The Visitor). But you get all 58 published short stories. Plus you also get “Boy” and “Going Solo”, which are two extra standalone books included. Additionally you get in “Fear” Roald Dahl’s Ghost Stories, which is also a standalone book. (He didn’t write the stories but he curated this collection of ghost stories.)So you get all 58 short stories he ever published, plus three extra standalone books included. Fantastic value. The only gripe and it’s very slight is the size of the books. They’re the smaller Penguin size, which is not amazing, but the tradeoff is that they’re thicker paper than the other two collected short stories of Roald Dahl Vol 1 & Vol 2, also by Penguin. So I’d prefer thicker paper over a larger book size. Plus these are smaller and easier to read.The only other paperback alternative to get all short stories is the aforementioned Penguin Vol 1 & Vol 2, which have terrible binding and wafer thin paper. I originally bought copies of those but had to return them because of those issues. Steer clear of those and grab this set.You may ask, why not get the Roald Dahl short story collection in hardcover by Everyman Library? Surely that’s a better quality book at a cheaper price? Well in that edition you’re missing the 7 stories found in “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More” plus the two short stories found in his book “Two Fables” published in 1987, which is now out of print. So you’re spending more money to get those stories in your collection already.So if you can find this 8-book set for a good price (I paid $40), then this is absolutely the way to go to have the definitive complete collection of Roald Dahl’s short stories!

Such a prolific writer

I recommend getting this set of books either as a gift for yourself or gift for another. They are inexpensive enough and will yield years of reading and rereading. Roald Dahl is a master story teller, talented wordsmith and keen observer of human nature. These short stories are wonderful literary art that will thrill the reader with bite size morels. The size of the book is conveniently sized to slip into a pocket, purse or bag for some entertaining reading on the go but not too small to keep on the night stand for just-one-more-read before sleep.

If you enjoyed his writing as a child, you'll definitely enjoy these as an adult. Great short reads before bed or while traveling

Added this set to my library - was not aware of these books written by Mr Dahl and am intriqued to read them