- Published: 22 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780141394589
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144
- RRP: $22.99
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
As Charlie turns fifty, so it appears in the Penguin Modern Classics livery, with a new Introduction by Sam Mendes
'We are the music makers ... we are the dreamers of dreams'
This new edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrates fifty years of the bestselling and beloved classic. The story of Charlie Bucket, a mysterious, eccentric chocolate factory owner and the golden ticket that transforms his existence is a masterpiece of exuberant invention, nonsense, fantasy and dark morality tale; both delightful and cruel.
- Published: 22 October 2014
- ISBN: 9780141394589
- Imprint: Penguin Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144
- RRP: $22.99
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About the author
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.
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I responded to it because it respected the fact that children can be adults
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