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Roald Dahl

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My Uncle Oswald Summary

Fornication is the theme of My Uncle Oswald. Oswald regards sexual intercourse as the center of his life. He wants to be rich so that he can at his leisure use his extraordinary good looks to bed as many women as possible. He has even made it a rule that he should bed no woman more than once.

A clever man, he wastes his talents on pursuing relationships of no value. His partner...

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Roald Dahl Biographies (4)

Roald Dahl

3,187 words, approx. 11 pages

A writer of both children's fiction and short stories for adults, Roald Dahl (1916-1990) is best known as the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the story of a poor boy who because of his ho... Read more

Roald Dahl

5,704 words, approx. 20 pages

Roald Dahl was flying over the African desert for the Royal Air Force during World War II when he was forced to make an emergency landing. He wrote in his first short story, "A Piece of Cake," "I reme... Read more

Roald Dahl

6,285 words, approx. 21 pages

Roald Dahl began his career as a short-story writer after suffering through the horrors of severe canings and other punishments in oppressive British schools during the 1920s and 1930s and after endur... Read more

Roald Dahl

6,613 words, approx. 23 pages

Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books ever, both in terms of copies sold and money made. Ten months before his death, the five top-selling children's books in Britain w... Read more