Adventures of Charlie & Mr Willy Wonka [Abridged, Audiobook] [Hardcover]

Roald Dahl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 25, 2004

This special CD pack contains two of Roald Dahl's most famous stories, full dramatised with music and sound effects. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tells the wonderful tale of Charlie Bucket. Charlie can not believe his luck when he finds a Golden Ticket and wins the chance of a lifetime: a magical day witnessing the miraculous creation of the most delectable eatables ever made at the wonderful chocolate factory of Willie Wonka, along with the infamous characters of the Oompa-Loompas, Veronica Salt, Augustus Gloop and many more. In Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Charlie has now won the chocolate factory, and is now on his way to take possession of it. With his parents and grandparents - and Mr Wonka - he's travelling by a strange new method of transport: a Great Glass Elevator! But suddenly thingsstart to go wrong. The elevator zooms higher and higher into the sky until it goes into orbit around the Earth, an hilarious and exciting adventure ensues, in which Charlie and his companions defend themselves against a mob of vicious space monsters.

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About the Author

Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. He was educated in England before starting work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. He began writing after a 'monumental bash on the head', sustained as an RAF pilot during WW2. Roald Dahl is one of the most successful and well-known of all children's writers. Roald Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Penguin Books; Abridged edition edition (November 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0141805617
• ISBN-13: 978-0141805610
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,975,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)