Innocence

Roald Dahl’s tales of innocence, youth and guile …

What makes us innocent and how do we come to lose it? Featuring the autobiographical stories telling of Roald Dahl’s boyhood and youth as well as four further tales of innocence betrayed, Dahl touches on the joys and horrors of growing up.

Among other stories, you’ll read about the wager that destroys a girl’s faith in her father, the landlady who has plans for her unsuspecting young guest and the commuter who is horrified to discover that a fellow commuter once bullied him at school

Roald Dahl reveals even more about the darker side of human nature in seven other centenary editions- Lust, Madness, Cruelty, Deception, Trickery, War and Fear.