Roald Dahl - The Phizz Whizzing Collection Box Set - Puffin

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THE PHIZZ WHIZZING COLLECTION

15 fantastic stories by ROALD DAHL


New, shrinkwrapped set of 15 of Roald Dahl's best-loved kids' books. 15 softcover books in presentation slipcase.

This boxed set contains 15 books:

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • The Witches
  • The Twits
  • James and the Giant Peach
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The BFG
  • The Magic Finger
  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me
  • Boy Tales of Childhood
  • Matilda
  • Danny the Champion of the World
  • George's Marvelous Medicine
  • Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
  • Esio Trot
  • Going Solo


Roald Dahl's mother used to tell him and his sisters tales about trolls and other mythical Norwegian creatures and some of his children's books contain references or elements inspired by these stories, such as the giants in The BFG. Many of his children's books are illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Dahl's children's works are usually told from the point of view of a child. They typically involve adult villains or villainesses who hate and mistreat children, and feature at least one "good" adult to counteract the villain/s/. These stock characters are possibly a reference to the abuse that Dahl stated that he experienced in the boarding schools he attended. They usually contain a lot of black humour and grotesque scenarios, including gruesome violence. The Witches, George's Marvelous Medicine and Matilda are examples of this formula. The BFG follows it in a more analogous way with the good giant (the BFG or "Big Friendly Giant") representing the "good adult" archetype and the other giants being the "bad adults". Class-conscious themes – ranging from the thinly veiled to the blatant – also surface in works such as Fantastic Mr. Fox and Danny, the Champion of the World.

Dahl also features in his books characters that are very fat, usually children. Augustus Gloop, Bruce Bogtrotter, and Bruno Jenkins are a few of these characters, although an enormous woman named Aunt Sponge is featured in James and The Giant Peach. All of these characters, with the possible exception of Bruce Bogtrotter, are either villains or simply unpleasant gluttons. They are usually punished for this: Augustus Gloop drinks from Willy Wonka's chocolate river, disregarding the adults who tell him not to, and falls in, getting sucked up a pipe and nearly being turned into fudge. Bruce Bogtrotter steals cake from the evil headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and is forced to eat a gigantic chocolate cake in front of the school. Bruno Jenkins is turned into a mouse by witches and, it is speculated, possibly disowned or even killed by his parents because of this. Aunt Sponge is flattened by a giant peach.

Book
Author Roald Dahl
Publisher Puffin Books
ISBN 9780140926521
Illustrated By Quentin Blake
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