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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Narrated by: Douglas Hodge
- Series: Charlie Bucket, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-13-13
- Language: English
- Publisher: Listening Library
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $19.60
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Editorial Reviews
"Douglas Hodge delivers Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in a briskly melodic canter, and his rendering holds its own against memories of cinema's Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp." (Gregory Maguire, The New York Times Book Review)
Publisher's Summary
Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last!
But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy-pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, Our Hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-31-14
fanciful fun for five-year-olds
Would you listen to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again? Why?
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 11-12-17
SQUARE SWEETS THAT LOOK ROUND
MATURITY IS HIGHLY OVER RATED
NO ARGUMENTS PLEASE
I have listened to several of Dahl's books and liked them all. This one is my favorite so far. You can not compare Dahl to other writers because he does not write like other writers. He has an imagination that is all his own and very little is borrowed from anyone else. This book is especially unique and I know of no other like it. It is entertaining and heart warming. If you read only one Dahl book, let it be this one.
IT WILL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH
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- Wayne
- 12-08-17
Dahl is my favorite writer of children's novels
Picking the best of Roald Dahl's children's novels is impossible because there are so many great ones. My personal favorite is The BFG, but Charlie and the Chocolate Factory may be more famous because of it's movie adaptation Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. (Maryrose Wood's The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series has become my favorite contemporary children's book series.)
Roald Dahl died 27 years ago, but his books remain very popular throughout the English speaking world. That popularity is richly deserved.
My regret is that 5 of my six grandchildren are now too old for Roald Dahl's novels. But I am not!
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- JB
- 05-23-15
Great entertainment
I had a great time with this book. My first audio book. I listened with my child, we were both enthralled!
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- Ursa Hawthorne
- 06-18-15
Boss
It's amazing. Douglas makes himself sound exactly like the person and he is very energetic
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- Tara Cash
- 02-28-15
Amazing and absolutely wonderful
It was so much more in depth than the the movie and so much more fantastic.
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- Myl
- 02-04-15
I love Roald Dahl's books! It is marvelous
It was awesome i love books and especially Roald Dahl's. If he was still alive I would want his autograph and congratulate him!
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- Daviddep
- 01-24-15
Top Shelf Narration. Professional Production
Complete professional narration. With sound effects and the many voices of the narrator who is a true professional actor makes all the difference we listen to this book over and over due to the quality of the production.
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- Park
- 01-21-15
Nice story
It is a little bit different from the movie but still a nice story. It was very nice
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- MISUN
- 06-30-15
This aidio book is very good! Try this!<br />I love it!
This aidio book is very good! Try this!
I love Roald Dahl 's books indeed! good good good good
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