Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Paperback, 162 pages

English language

Published Jan. 12, 1988 by Puffin Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-032869-1
OCLC Number:: 221972865

(17 reviews)

The gates of Mr. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory are opening at last--and only five children will be allowed inside. And the winners are:

Augustus Gloop--A fat pig who would eat anything that came within reach or bite

Veruca Salt--A spoiled brat with parents trained to jump at her every scream

Violet Beauregarde--a-gum-chewing gabber with the fastest jaws and the slowest wits around

Mike Teavee--a fiend for television

and

Charlie Bucket--Our Hero, who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! (back cover)

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4 stars

Read it when I was a kid and I remember I liked it.

Adrián Astur Álvarez reviewed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

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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.

okenwillow reviewed Charlie et la chocolaterie by Roald Dahl

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3 stars

Merveilleux conte pour gourmands, ce que j’ai trouvé beau là-dedans, c’est la faculté de Wonka, Charlie et du grand-père à s’émerveiller, aux 3 âges de la vie ^^
ce que les autres enfants ne semblaient pas capables.
L’adaptation de Tim Burton est tout simplement magique !