Mass Market Paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published March 12, 1984 by Bantam Books.
FIVE CHILDREN -- AND ONLY FIVE -- WERE GOING TO BE ALLOWED INTO MR. WILLY WONKA'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY...THE FACTORY WHERE THE WORLD'S MOST WONDERFUL CANDY WAS MADE.
AUGUSTUS GLOOP -- A fat pig of a boy who would eat anything he could get his hands and teeth on.
VERUCA SALT -- A spoiled little rich girl who screamed until she was bought her heart's latest delight.
VIOLET BEAUREGARDE -- The world's champion gum chewer who was destined for a sticky end.
MIKE TEAVEE -- A smart aleck who was addicted to television.
AND...
CHARLIE BUCKET -- Our Hero, who was honest, obedient, loyal, trustworthy, brave, good, kind, and starving. (back cover)
Read it when I was a kid and I remember I liked it.
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.
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 !
