内容简介
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last, and only five lucky children will be allowed inside. But what they find is even wilder than any of the wild rumors they've heard!
作者简介
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales of Norwegian parents. 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. His books include CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, THE BFG and MATILDA. Roald Dahl died in 1990 at the age of seventy-four.
Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. He spent his childhood in England and, at age eighteen, went to work for the Shell Oil Company in Africa. When World War II broke out, he joined the Royal Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the age of twenty-six he moved to Washington, D.C., and it was there he began to write. His first short story, which recounted his adventures in the war, was bought by The Saturday Evening Post, and so began a long and illustrious career.
After establishing himself as a writer for adults, Roald Dahl began writing children’s stories in 1960 while living in England with his family. His first stories were written as entertainment for his own children, to whom many of his books are dedicated.
Roald Dahl is now considered one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. Although he passed away in 1990, his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels, including James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The BFG, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, delight an ever-growing legion of fans.
Quentin Blake is a well-known artist whose work has made him popular on both sides of the Atlantic. He has illustrated most of Roald Dahl’s children’s books as well as many others. He lives in London, where he teaches illustration at the Royal College of Art.
罗尔德·达尔(Roald Dahl,1916年9月13日—1990年11月23日),是挪威籍的英国杰出儿童文学作家、剧作家和短篇小说作家,作品流传于大人或小孩中,极为知名。 他比较著名的作品有:如《詹姆斯和大仙桃》、《查里和巧克力工厂》、《好心眼的巨人》、《女巫》、《了不起的狐狸爸爸》、《玛蒂尔达》等等,其魔力超越语言和国界,同时他本人的传奇经历也像童话里的人物一样赋有神奇力量,成为“哈梅林的魔笛手”(The Pied Piper of Hamelin),凡是读过其书的孩子全都情不自禁迷倒在他创造的畅快淋漓的魔力世界,无一幸免。
昆汀·布莱克(Quentin Blake) 是当代英国儿童文学界最负盛名的插图画家和作家,2013年新年,80岁的他被授予爵士爵位。
他于1932年出生,16岁时出版了第一本画集,中学毕业以后,进入剑桥的唐宁学院学习英文专业。在服过兵役以后,先后进入了伦敦大学和切尔西艺术与设计学院进修硕士文凭课程。
早期他的插画工作多是为成人杂志、书籍,直到1960年才开始与文字作者合作,投入儿童图画书的插画工作。1968年昆汀有了第一部自写自画的作品《派克的小提琴》。1981年,他自写自画的作品《光脚丫先生》(Mister Magnolia)荣获英国图书馆协会所颁发的凯特·格林纳威奖。1999年对他而言更是实至名归的一年,成为英国第一位儿童文学桂冠作家(Children’s Laureate),2002年又获得国际儿童读物最高奖项:国际安徒生大奖,此外,他还获得过惠特布雷德奖、波隆那国际儿童书展最佳童书奖等。
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精彩书评
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its sequel, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, along with Roald Dahl's other tales for younger readers, make him a true star of children's literature. Dahl seems to know just how far to go with his oddball fantasies; in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, nasty Violet Beauregarde blows up into a blueberry from sneaking forbidden chewing gum, and bratty Augustus Gloop is carried away on the river of chocolate he wouldn't resist. In fact, all manner of disasters can happen to the most obnoxiously deserving of children because Dahl portrays each incident with such resourcefulness and humor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a singular delight, crammed with mad fantasy, childhood justice and revenge, and as much candy as you can eat. The book is also available in Spanish (Charlie y la Fabrica de Chocolate). (The suggested age range for this book is 9-12, but nobody this reviewer has met can resist it, including New York City bellhops, flight attendants, and grumpy teenagers.) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. The best books grow old gracefully. They retain their importance and affect each new generation as powerfully as the one before. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
前言/序言
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