Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl - 1973 Edition - Vintage Child Book, Willy Wonka

Vintage 1973 edition of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl: A deserving child finds his reward in a chocolate bar.

Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. 1973 edition (before Oompa Loompa changes). A Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

HERE COMES CHARLIE

"The Buckets, of course, didn't starve, but every one of theme - the two old grandfathers, the two old grandmothers, Charlie's father, Charlie's mother, and especially little Charlie himself - went about from morning till night with a horrible empty feeling in their tummies.

"Charlie felt it worst of all. And although his father and mother often went without their own share of lunch or supper so that they could give it to him, it still wasn't nearly enough for a growing boy. He desperately wanted something more filling and satisfying than cabbage and cabbage soup. The one thing he longed for more than anything else was...CHOCOLATE."

FRONT FLAP

"Five children - and only five - were going to be allowed into Mr. Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. The lucky five would get to see all the mysterious machinery in the factory where the world's most wonderful candy was made. ...

"What happens when these five children meet the famous Mr. Willy Wonka? What happens when they pass through the big factory doors? What happens when they come upon the unknown factory workers who throw very tiny shadows on the windows and talk in rhyme? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka's orders? That, dear reader, is the substance of this uproarious morality tale... "

Roald Dahl (1919 - 1990) was appreciated, or rejected, or banned outright, for writing about lost boys and girls and their terrible treatment at the hands of despicable adults within enormously creative and entertaining stories in which the children prevail. Not just happy endings but the goodness of children triumphing over evil.

Roald Dahl also wrote James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, The Witches, The Twits, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and more.

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Condition*: Good/Fair. A good reader's copy or placeholder. 1973 edition published before Oompa Loompa changes. Dust jacket: Chipped head and tail of spine and top edge; small closed tear on front, top right; light bumping to corners; faint dampstain on the front; soiling. Quarter bound covers: Sunned along top edge; light soiling; 2" gray smudge on back. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.

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