Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Paperback, 162 pages

English language

Published Jan. 12, 1988 by Puffin Books.

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

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4 stars (18 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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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.

Subjects

  • Avarice
  • Grandparent and child
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Behavior
  • Chocolate