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'"Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great big greedy nincompoop!... so unutterably vile, so greedy, foul, and infantile"' |
Roald Dahl
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$800 |
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THE CHILDREN'S AUTHOR WHO WROTE... |
2025-05-13 |
#9332 |
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Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he was named for explorer Amundsen |
Roald Dahl
DD
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$5,000 |
DJ |
BRITISH AUTHORS |
2024-07-16 |
#9147 |
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"Oh, how he loved that smell! And oh, how he wished he could go inside the factory and see what it was like!" |
Roald Dahl
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$800 |
DJ |
NAME THAT AUTHOR |
2024-04-23 |
#9087 |
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In 2016 the OED celebrated his 100th birthday by adding words connected to his writings, including scrumdiddlyumptious |
Roald Dahl
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FJ |
BRITISH AUTHORS |
2019-12-23 |
#8121 |
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This creator of Willy Wonka wrote in a hut whose decor included bits of his own spine from an operation |
Roald Dahl
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$1,600 |
DJ |
AUTHORS' HOMES |
2008-07-04 |
#5500 |
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His widow Felicity said he would have loved the new "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" movie; he hated the old one |
Roald Dahl
DD
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$1,600 |
J |
CHILDREN'S AUTHORS |
2007-09-14 |
#5290 |
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"The Twits" is the tale of a perfectly dreadful couple by this author of "James and the Giant Peach" |
Roald Dahl
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$800 |
DJ |
CHILDREN'S BOOKS & AUTHORS |
1998-03-13 |
#3125 |