The incredible adventures of Charlie Bucket, first in Mr. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and later in the Great Glass Elevator, have
delighted children all over the world from the moment they were published. Already Roald Dahl's two books have achieved the stature of classics.
Here Charlie's complete adventures are contained within a single volume illustrated by Michael Foreman. From the moment that the gates of the mysterious and delectable chocolate factory to admit Charlie and four other fortunate (if misguided) children, the exuberant
and bizarre world of Mr. Willy Wonka takes over. It is a world of everlasting gobstoppers and chocolate rivers, of square sweets that look round and tiny Oompa-Loompas who talk in rhyme. Be prepared for appalling and hilarious things to to some of the visitors in Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory, before Charlie discovers that he himself is to inherit the factory itself.
But before he can take …
The incredible adventures of Charlie Bucket, first in Mr. Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and later in the Great Glass Elevator, have
delighted children all over the world from the moment they were published. Already Roald Dahl's two books have achieved the stature of classics.
Here Charlie's complete adventures are contained within a single volume illustrated by Michael Foreman. From the moment that the gates of the mysterious and delectable chocolate factory to admit Charlie and four other fortunate (if misguided) children, the exuberant
and bizarre world of Mr. Willy Wonka takes over. It is a world of everlasting gobstoppers and chocolate rivers, of square sweets that look round and tiny Oompa-Loompas who talk in rhyme. Be prepared for appalling and hilarious things to to some of the visitors in Mr. Wonka's chocolate factory, before Charlie discovers that he himself is to inherit the factory itself.
But before he can take up residence, Mr. Wonka has bundled him, together with his parents and his bedridden grandparents, into
the miraculous Great Glass Elevator and a new, frenzied and fantastic adventure commences — this time in space, rescuing astronauts, doing battle with the Vermicious Knids, and eventually touching down on the lawns of the White House to meet the American President.
As you will very quickly discover, Mr. Willy Wonka is just about the most astonishing, capricious, fabulous, bizarre and wonderful character in the whole range of children's fiction.
--front flap
Review of 'The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Willy Wonka' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Amazing adventure for young and old. The 1971 film with Gene Wilder based on this book is a perfect representation of this book but I still enjoyed reading the original. The oompa loompa songs in the book are much longer and funnier in the book. There is a whole space thing at the end of the book that is a bit odd, but still fun. I can see why they would cut all that out of the film. I will hold on to this book for my daughter to read when she grows up.
Review of 'The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
So this edition has both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Great Glass Elevator. I found Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to be preferable to Glass Elevator, which for me had one too many Cold War references.
Review of 'Roald Dahl/Charlie Boxed Set (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Ahhhhh! that age old problem of sequels, they are never as good as the original story, not even Roald Dahl is able to break that problem.
In the great glass elevator Dahl attempts to write a Sci-Fi story, I think it is the first time he has done that and for me his story telling doesn't work as well up in space. Down on Earth you can believe in giants and chocolate factories using slave labour and also a kid travelling on a flying giant peach, because all of that is just fantasy. But once you start bringing Sci-Fi into the story you have to make things a bit more believable and Dahl doesn't do that. This breaks the magic and you realise just how annoying his characters are and how silly the plot is....honestly, imagine America voting in a silly, immature President.
Still, Dahl has written so many amazing …
Ahhhhh! that age old problem of sequels, they are never as good as the original story, not even Roald Dahl is able to break that problem.
In the great glass elevator Dahl attempts to write a Sci-Fi story, I think it is the first time he has done that and for me his story telling doesn't work as well up in space. Down on Earth you can believe in giants and chocolate factories using slave labour and also a kid travelling on a flying giant peach, because all of that is just fantasy. But once you start bringing Sci-Fi into the story you have to make things a bit more believable and Dahl doesn't do that. This breaks the magic and you realise just how annoying his characters are and how silly the plot is....honestly, imagine America voting in a silly, immature President.
Still, Dahl has written so many amazing stories I'm sure he is allowed one hiccup.
