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Boy : tales of childhood / Roald Dahl ; additional illustrations, Quentin Blake.

Dahl, Roald, (author.). Blake, Quentin, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Dahl presents humorous and sometimes painful anecdotes from his own childhood, including summer vacations in Norway and his years at English boarding schools.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780698161870
  • ISBN: 0698161874
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
  • Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2013.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,1984.
Formatted Contents Note:
Starting-point. -- Papa and Mama -- Kindergarten, 1922-3 -- Llandaff Cathedral School, 1923-5 (age 7-9). -- The bicycle and the sweet-shop -- The great mouse plot -- Mr. Coombes -- Mrs. Pratchett's revenge -- Going to Norway -- The magic Island -- A visit to the doctor -- St. Peter's, 1925-9 (age 9-13). -- First day -- Writing home -- The matron -- Homesickness -- A drive in the motor-car -- Captain Hardcastle -- Little Ellis and the boil -- Goat's tobacco -- Repton and Shell, 1929-36 (age 13-20). -- Getting dressed for the big school -- Boazers -- The headmaster -- Chocolates -- Corkers -- Fagging -- Games and photography -- Goodbye school.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Dahl, Roald > Childhood and youth.
Dahl, Roald.
Authors, English > 20th century > Biography.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Biography & Autobiography.
Juvenile Nonfiction.
Biography & Autobiography.
Genre: Electronic books.

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