The Roald Dahl Omnibus

The Roald Dahl Omnibus
First edition
AuthorRoald Dahl
CountryUnited Kingdom
PublisherDorset Press
Publication date
1986
Media typehardback

The Roald Dahl Omnibus is a 1986 short story collection by Roald Dahl.

The collection contains 28 stories selected from Switch Bitch, Kiss, Kiss, and Someone Like You – a collection of Dahl stories published in various magazines and collections from the 1940s onward.[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ Laurie Collier, Joyce Nakamura Major authors and illustrators for children and young adults: a selection of sketches from Something about the author, Volume 2 Archived 28 December 2023 at the Wayback Machine p.618. Gale Research, 1993
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