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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl · 1964

Literary Fiction · ranked #22 in category

Charlie Bucket, the poorest child in a town, finds the last Golden Ticket and enters Willy Wonka's extraordinary chocolate factory alongside four deeply unpleasant children who are each eliminated by their own vices. Dahl's morality tale is disguised as a fantasy: a story about greed, humility and the rewards of being genuinely good.

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Category
Literary Fiction
First published
1964 · 1960s
Author
Roald Dahl
Standing
Essential Read

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