Reviews of book: Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator

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by Roald Dahl

Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it

16 years ago

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I read this book today while waiting for Jonathan to get ready for dinner, always a lengthy procedure. Like virtually all Roald Dahl, it's very funny. It also contains a fine example of how easy it is for critics to jump to incorrect conclusions. One of the characters is the hapless President Gillig...

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Bashara Likes Books rated it

16 years ago

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Abandoning this one indefinitely.

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The Block rated it

18 years ago

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I never liked this one as much as the rest, but it's still Roald Dahl and it's still great.

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JasonKoivu rated it

43 years ago

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I just discovered Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator was written the year I was born. Apparently a lot of my favorite childhood kids' books were written that year. 1972 seemed to be the year of the fanciful/magical and/or pastoral/nature-oriented kids' book: Watership Down, All Creatures Great and...

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