Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

by Roald Dahl

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Charlie and the chocolate factory: five children find entry tickets to Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory. The tour brings out the best and worst in them ; Charlie and the great glass elevator: taking up where Charlie and the chocolate factory leaves off, Charlie, his family, and Mr. Wonka find themselves launched into space in the great glass elevator.

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A delightful children's story. I prefer the first very much compared to the second book; I can see why they never tried making a movie for The Great Glass Elevator. Still, it was not a bad read, just subpar compared to how excellent the first book is.
We just finished listening to this book (second or third time THIS decade) again. There are some really great bits and lines in this book. I read it as a kid and loved it then, though thought Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was better. This one is more subtle and not as tightly written, but enjoyable as well.
Dahl's imaginative work is full of laughs and sometimes dead pan humor. Follow Charlie as he attempts to get used to the quirks and qualities of his new chocolate factory. A good book to read with a younger sibling, or by yourself. Plus, there's lots of talk about candy. Who doesn't love that?
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Roald dahl made a wonderfully active and sort of really funny character called mr.wonka. Mr.wonka is really random and has really stupid inventions that are not useful at all. He's candy inventions are so retarded such like the square gum. But, still I really liked reading this book it was really funny.
At the begaing of the book mr.wonka and charlies family are insaide the glass elevator and, end up going so high that they ened in space. Then some aleins attack them. later on in the book mr.wonka make pills to decrees your age and gramal georgina takes to many pills and ends up in minus land. so they have to go to minus land to get gramal georgina back.

I thinck this was a good book. I think this book was advetures.I like how this book was writen. I liked the decripition in this book.
I recomend you too read this book.

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Roald (pronounced "Roo-aal") was born in Llandaff, South Wales. He had a relatively uneventful childhood and was educated at Repton School. During World War II he served as a fighter pilot and for a time was stationed in Washington, D.C.. Prompted by an interviewer, he turned an account of one of his war experiences into a short story that was show more accepted by the Saturday Evening Post, which were eventually collected in Over to You (1946). Dahl's stories are often described as horror tales or fantasies, but neither description does them justice. He has the ability to treat the horrible and ghastly with a light touch, sometimes even with a humorous one. His tales never become merely shocking or gruesome. His purpose is not to shock but to entertain, and much of the entertainment comes from the unusual twists in his plots, rather than from grizzly details. Dahl has also become famous as a writer of children's stories. In some circles, these works have cased great controversy. Critics have charged that Dahl's work is anti-Semitic and degrades women. Nevertheless, his work continues to be read: Charlie and Chocolate Factory (1964) was made into a successful movie, The BFG was made into a movie in July 2017, and his books of rhymes for children continue to be very popular. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Blake, Quentin (Illustrator)
Foreman, Michael (Illustrator)

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Canonical title
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Original title
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Alternate titles
The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
Original publication date
1964; 1972
People/Characters
Willy Wonka
Original language*
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Children's Books, Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PZ7Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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