Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Description

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was first published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. in 1964 and in the United Kingdom by George Allen & Unwin 11 months later. In the 2012 survey published by SLJ, a monthly with primarily US audience, Charlie was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer. Time magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time.

Description

Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life! (back cover)

Subjects

Other Editions

• Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryPaperbackPuffin Books2007-01-01
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Puffin Books)Puffin Books1985-04-01
• Charlie y la fábrica de chocolateSalvat1987-01-01
• Charlie Et La ChocolateriePaperbackBantam Books1987-12-01
• Charlie y la fabrica de chocolatePaperbackJuvenil Alfaguara1989-01-01
• Charlie y la fabrica de chocolateHardcoverPax Mex Editorial Librerias Carlos Cesarman1993-01-01