More Tales of the Unexpected

9780140056068OCLC9095929

More Tales of the Unexpected is a collection of nine short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1980 by Penguin. Five of the stories were published in prior collections, while the other four had not been previously collected in book form.

Stories

The collection contains the following stories:

  • "Genesis and Catastrophe" (previously collected in Kiss Kiss)
  • "Georgy Porgy" (previously collected in Kiss Kiss)
  • "Mr. Botibol"
  • "Poison" (previously collected in Someone Like You)
  • "The Butler" (subsequently collected in The Great Automatic Grammatizator)
  • "The Hitch-Hiker" (previously collected in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More)
  • "The Sound Machine" (previously collected in Someone Like You)
  • "The Umbrella Man" (subsequently collected in The Great Automatic Grammatizator)
  • "Vengeance is Mine Inc."

Adaptations

Stories from this anthology were adapted to television in the Anglia Television series, Tales of the Unexpected (1979–1988).[1][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ "Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series 1979–1988) - IMDb". IMDb.
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Roald Dahl
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Film adaptations
  • 36 Hours (1964)
  • Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
  • Danny, the Champion of the World (1989)
  • The BFG (1989)
  • Breaking Point (1989)
  • The Witches (1990)
  • Four Rooms (1995)
  • James and the Giant Peach (1996)
  • Matilda (1996)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
  • Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
  • The BFG (2016)
  • Revolting Rhymes (2016)
  • Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017)
  • The Witches (2020)
  • Matilda the Musical (2022)
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
  • Wonka (2023)
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
  • The Twits (2025)
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Musicals and plays
  • The Honeys (1955)
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (1998)
  • Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (2004)
  • The Witches (2008)
  • The Golden Ticket (2010)
  • James and the Giant Peach (2010)
  • Matilda (2010)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013)
  • Fantastic Mr Fox (2016)
  • The Witches (2023)
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