Lamb to the Slaughter (and Other Stories)
These five short stories offer a selection of Dahl's adult writing. "Parson's Pleasure" is a country tale, "A Piece of Cake", a wartime reminiscence, "Lamb to the Slaughter" a story of vengeful murder, and the remaining two, set in London, are on favourite themes of greed and snobbery.
These five short stories offer a selection of Dahl's adult writing. "Parson's Pleasure" is a country tale, "A Piece of Cake", a wartime reminiscence, "Lamb to the Slaughter" a story of vengeful murder, and the remaining two, set in London, are on favourite themes of greed and snobbery.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780146000553 (0146000552)
Publish date: September 1st 1995
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 86
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Adult Fiction,
Read For School,
Mystery,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Suspense
Very twisted and strange. Certainly different from most of Roald Dahl's works. Read for school.
Just Lamb to the Slaughter. I read it during school project more then five years ago. What an evil little tale! The only reason I remembered it was because of well...a discussion aboiut crminials and crimes with my friends. It has a wonderful little twist and it's marked with what I gather as Roald ...