Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Darkly humorous, slightly creepy, and ultimately the tale of a nice guy who just might finish first, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY is one of the prolific Roald Dahl's most popular works. Life changes for a poor but kindhearted boy named Charlie Bucket when he manages to win one of five golden tickets that allows him, and a guest of his choice to tour the chocolate factory of an eccentric and reclusive candy inventor named Willy Wonka. On the big day Charlie and the other visitors are warned to obey all of Mr. Wonka's strict, but rather strange, rules for behavior. What will happen if they disobey? And why has Mr. Wonka allowed them to tour his factory in the first place? Illustrated with B&W drawings, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY introduces readers to such unforgettable characters as the hardworking Oompa-Loompas, the extremely spoiled Veruca Salt, and, as readers will soon discover, the aptly named Violet Beauregarde.

Editions of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

ISBN 9780394810119	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Random House Childrens Books	Date 1964	Price $1.00	Used, Good
ISBN 9781557361547	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Cornerstone Books	Date 1987	Price $5.50	Good
ISBN 9780140328691	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Penguin USA	Date 1994	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9780141311906	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Penguin Group USA	Date 2001	Price $2.17	Very Good
ISBN 9780899669045	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Buccaneer Books	Date 2007	Price None Available
ISBN 9780394910116	Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover	Publisher Random House Childrens Books	Date 1964	Price $1.00	Acceptable
ISBN 9780375915260	Binding/Format Reinforced Hardcover	Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc	Date 2001	Price $10.97	Very Good
ISBN 9780553154542	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Random House Childrens Books	Date 1984	Price $1.00	Very Good
ISBN 9780060510657	Binding/Format Compact Disc	Publisher Harpercollins Childrens	Date 2002	Price $18.47	NEW

Publisher Notes

When Charlie Bucket finds himself the proud winner of a Golden Ticket in a chocolate bar, he knows he has the greatest treat in the world in store for him. Join Charlie on his fantastic world-famous adventures in Willy Wonka's miraculous chocolate factory, where he sees strawberry-juice water pistols, luminous lollipops, a chocolate river, and rainbow drops -- and has the time of his life.

Performed by Eric Idle.

Media Reviews

"[Dahl] has done it again, gloriously. Fertile in invention, rich in humor, acutely observant, he depicts fantastic characters who are recognizable as exaggerations of real types, and situations only slightly more absurd than those that happen daily, and he lets his imagination rip in fairyland."

Synopses

Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.