Title: Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Genre: Fiction, Children's
Published: 1988
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Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Never do anything by halves. Do something so crazy that it is unbelievable.
Basic Premise: Matilda is a precocious child neglected by her parents, who learns mathematics and reading all by herself. Such is the power of her brain that it can even perform telekinesis.
Overall, it is a tale with a little bit of magic, quite a lot of family drama, some fraud, while being a quiet commentary on parenting.
Roald Dahl also inserts his books recommendation in the story, comprising of:
- Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Tess of the D'Ubervilles by Thomas Hardy
- Gone to Earth by Mary Webb
- Kim by Rudyard Kipling
- The Invisible Man by HG Wells
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- The Sound and Fury by William Faulkner
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Good Companions by JB Priestley
- Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
Trivia: Probably first time I have come across a protagonist who happens to be an Olympics Hammer Thrower
Previously on BookMarks: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (also by Roald Dahl)
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