Roald Dahl life, books and adaptations

By Persephone2001

  • Birth

    Roald is born

  • His sister and father die

  • He enters school

  • He goes on an expedition to Newfoundland

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    Works for an oil company

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    He becomes a pilot and spy

  • He publishe his first book (The gremlins)

  • Ten stories of flyers and flying

    Second book of his career

  • Sometime never: a fable for supermen

  • Someone like you

    His first best-seller

  • Kiss Kiss

  • James and the giant peach

  • Charlie and the chocolate factory

  • The magic finger

  • You only live twice

    He wrote the script

  • Fantastic Mr. fox

  • Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory

    First Roald Dahl book movie adaptation

  • Charlie and the great glass elevator

  • Switch bitch

    Adult short story collection

  • Danny the champion of the world

  • The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six more

  • The enormous crocodile

    First Dahl book to be illustrated by Quentin Blake

  • My Uncle Oswald

  • The twits

  • George's marvellous medicine

  • The BFG/Revolting Rhymes

  • The witches/Dirty beasts

  • The giraffe and the pelly and me

  • Two fables

  • Matilda

  • Rhyme stew

  • Esio Trot

  • Roald Dahl died

  • Billy and the minpins/The vicar of Nibbleswicke

  • James and the giant peach (Movie)

  • Matilda (Movie)

  • Charlie and the chocolate factory (Movie)

  • The sound machine (short film)

  • Fantastic Mr fox (Movie)

  • Matilda the musical

  • Charlie and the chocolate factory the musical

  • Esio Trot (Movie)

  • The BFG (Movie)

  • Tom and Jerry, Willy Wonka

  • The witches (Movie)

  • Matilda the musical (Movie)

  • Wonka (Movie)

  • The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and three more (Film)

  • Charlie and the Christmas factory