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• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Dahl, Roald. “The Landlady.” The Roald Dahl Omnibus. Barnes & Noble, 1993.

• This short story is told through the limited third-person perspective of a 17-year-old boy named Billy Weaver.

• As the story opens, Billy Weaver had just taken the train from London into the city of Bath.

• After getting off the train, he examined his surroundings: “The moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance” (318).

• Although the night was clear, “The air was deadly cold and the wind was like a flat blade of ice on his cheeks” (318).

• Billy asked the porter if he knew of an inexpensive hotel where Billy could pass the night; the porter recommended The Bell and Dragon and informed Billy it was only about a quarter of a mile down the...

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