Name: James and the Giant Peach (in English)
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Author: Roald Dahl
ISBN: 9780143106340

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Physical Book

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Publisher

Year

2011

Language

English

Pages

160

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN13

9780143106340

Edition No.

Synopsis "James and the Giant Peach (in English)"

A stunning 50th-anniversary deluxe edition of Roald Dahl's beloved James and the Giant Peach, featuring--a new introduction by Aimee Bender, the New York Times bestselling author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake--cover art by the award-winning cartoonist Jordan Crane--the original interior art from the 1961 first edition--French flaps and deckle-edged paper James and the Giant Peach is a perennial bestseller about a boy's magical journey across the sea, by one of the most beloved storytellers of our time. When James, a boy stuck living with his cantankerous aunts, is given magic crystals by a sympathetic wizard, he accidentally drops them at the foot of the peach tree outside his house, causing one of the fruits to grow the size of a house. Inside he finds oversized insects who promise him deliverance from his aunts, and soon the giant peach is rolling downhill, bound for the Atlantic Ocean and beyond on a magnificent adventure that will take James and his new friends far indeed. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Roald Dahl

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(Gales, 1916 - Oxford, 1990) Roald nació en el seno de una familia acomodada de origen noruego. A los cuatro años pierde a su padre y a los siete entra en contacto con el rígido sistema educativo británico que deja reflejado en libros como Matilda y Boy. Terminado el Bachillerato, empieza a trabajar en la compañía en Shell, en África, donde le sorprende la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Después de un breve entrenamiento, se convierte en piloto de la Royal Air Force. Fue destinado a Washington, donde comienza a escribir sus aventuras de guerra. Su entrada en el mundo de la literatura infantil estuvo motivada por los cuentos que narraba a sus cuatro hijos. Su primera obra fue Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate. Escribió también guiones para películas y algunas de sus obras han sido llevadas al cine.

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