Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Hardcover, 162 pages

English language

Published June 4, 1973 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-394-81011-9
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OCLC Number:
9318922

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4 stars (22 reviews)

What do Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, and Charlie Bucket (Our Hero) have in common? They all love chocolate. And they each have won a chance to tour the famous chocolate factory of the fabulous, but mysterious, Mr. Willy Wonka.

What happens when these five children meet Mr. Willy Wonka? What strange, exciting, and exotic things will they discover inside the chocolate factory? And what should happen if—one by one—the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders?

This is the uproarious premise of Roald Dahl's most endearing and popular work for children.

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Review of 'Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Una obra sencilla pero llena de magia y sensibilidad. Nos habla de los celos y envidia en el sector comercial e industrial y la forma en que Willy Wonka, dueño de la fábrica de chocolate logra proteger todos sus ingeniosos inventos.

Por otro lado, nos presenta a 4 niños que, a su corta edad, ya se encuentran aquejados por una serie de costumbres que mal guiadas por sus familias han degenerado como niños desobedientes y egoístas, lo cual se ve reflejado en sus acciones al visitar la fábrica de chocolate y las consecuencias que reciben por sus actos.

Además, tenemos a Charlie Bucket, un niño de extrema pobreza que ha sido educado por su padres y abuelos, con anhelo de cosas mejores pero sentado en su realidad. Es él quien ganará junto a su familia el gran premio de la fábrica de chocolate.

Al final, quienes ingresaron a la fábrica …

Review of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I'm reading through Roald Dahl's catalogue with my son during storytime and this one really stood out. There is one thing I loved in this story, which is completely absent in the film. The relationship between Grandpa Joe and Charlie is tender and intimate and inflected with the sort of wisdom passed down from grandparents to children that is hard to articulate. It's a mix of world weariness and profound optimism the two generations overlap can with and Dahl captures it brilliantly.

My son liked the Oompa Loompa songs but wished Dahl would have gone into more detail about squeezing the blueberry juice from Violet Beauregard.