Her grandson listens closely to Grandmammas. But the fact remains that all witches are women. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. Intriguingly, it has also found itself at one time or another banned for perceived misogyny, as Dahl states that only women can be witches: 'I do not wish to speak badly about women,' the author writes. 1 Storyteller Now a major motion picture This is not a fairy tale. Winner of the Whitbread Award for Children's Novel in 1983, The Witches was also successfully dramatised on several occasions, most famously perhaps the 1990 film featuring Anjelica Huston as the Grand High Witch, which featured a differing ending from that in the book (much to the author's chagrin). A beautiful, collectible, hardcover edition of The Witches from the Worlds No. In 1983, the year it was published, The Witches won three awards: The New York Times Outstanding Books Award, The Federation of Childrens Book Groups Award and.

But now, some of his best-known creations are being tinkered with for the modern. GETTY IMAGES Left: British novelist Roald Dahl wrote many of the world’s best-loved children’s books.

A classic dark tale from a master of the genre, the macabre menace only slightly mitigated by the target audience being children. Take The Witches, for example, Dahl’s memorably unpleasant 1983 novel about a young boy growing up in a world ruled by a coven of secretive witches. Page stock somewhat browned as usual, a little cocked but a very nice copy in the price-clipped dust jacket. First edition, first impression 8vo illustrations by Quentin Blake publisher's boards, dust-jacket with artwork by Quentin Blake.

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