Like the character Boggis, Dahl maintained interests in collecting and repeatedly used his knowledge to craft his stories.
Other art collectors appear in "Nunc Dimittis" and "Neck." An unusual collector of butterflies is pivotal in "My Lady Love, My Dove" and a nouveau-riche collector appears in "Taste."
Risk-takers and gamblers also reappear in Dahl's oeuvre. "Taste" is based on a gamble between an up-and-coming young man and a stockbroker, who wages his daughter's hand. Other characters are willing to risk their.....
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