''More Tales of the Unexpected'' is a collection of nine

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...

by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1980 by Penguin. Five of the stories were published in prior collections, while the other four had not been previously collected in book form.

Stories

The collection contains the following stories: *" Genesis and Catastrophe" (previously collected in '' Kiss Kiss'') *" Georgy Porgy" (previously collected in ''Kiss Kiss'') *" Mr. Botibol" *" Poison" (previously collected in '' Someone Like You'') *"The Butler" (subsequently collected in ''

The Great Automatic Grammatizator ''The Great Automatic Grammatizator'' (published in the U.S. as ''The Umbrella Man and Other Stories'') is a collection of thirteen short stories written by British author Roald Dahl. The stories were selected for teenagers from Dahl's adult ...

'') *" The Hitch-Hiker" (previously collected in '' The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More'') *"The Sound Machine" (previously collected in ''Someone Like You'') *"The Umbrella Man" (subsequently collected in ''The Great Automatic Grammatizator'') *"

Vengeance is Mine Inc. Vengeance is Mine, Inc is a short story by British author Roald Dahl. It was first published in the 1980 collection ''More Tales of the Unexpected.'' Synopsis Two young men (the narrator Claude and his friend George) are lamenting their poverty a ...

Adaptations

Stories from this anthology were adapted to television in the

Anglia Television ITV Anglia, previously known as Anglia Television, is the ITV franchise holder for the East of England. The station is based at Anglia House in Norwich, with regional news bureaux in Cambridge and Northampton. ITV Anglia is owned and operated b ...

series, '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (1979–1988).

References

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