The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

By: Roald Dahl

Narrated by: Andrew Scott

Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Seven superb stories, from the world's no. one storyteller.

Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A cleaver mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins.

©1977 Roald Dahl (P)2013 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Few modern writers have attracted such an appreciative audience among adults and children as Dahl.... All the tales are entrancing inventions." (Publishers Weekly)

“Roald Dahl sometimes shared a tonal kinship with Ogden Nash, and he could demonstrate a verbal inventiveness nearly Seussian...[His] stories work better in audio than in print.” (The New York Times)

Roald Dahl

It is a great book! I can always fall asleep to this book. Only one of the stories is a little intense. It isn’t exactly appropriate for young children. Other than that flawless performance.

A good book

The story starts very slow and it is not a good beginning! Once you get to chapter 4 the actual story starts!

Pity about the narrator

I love Andrew Scott as an actor so its surprising and disappointing to discover that he does not emote at all when he narrates. Its very bland and monotone and doesnt fit the stories he is reading. The stories are as good as I remember them being but I wish it had been a more expressive narrator reading them.

Spectacular.

Definitely some of Dahl's best work. The narrator does a stupendous job as well. A great listen.

A must listen

I loved Roald Dahl stories since I started reading them to my son, and now I love his stories even more because of how Andrew Scott is reading them with such immediacy and liveliness. His ability to portrait with his voice every emotion that every character is feeling took me on a wonderful journey listening to this book. Two giants in one project makes this book even more timeless than it already is.

Lovely stories and lovely narrator with one exception.

I adore Roald Dahl and Andrew Scott both. The one glaring exception is Andrew Scott's atrocious Jamaican accent. He tries, he just doesn't succeed. Once you get past that snag, everything is beautiful.

The Boy Who Talked with Animals

Is my favorite Roald Dahl story of all time and Andrew Scott narrated the most important part with aplomb! I was laughing inwardly at his voices for all the dumb awful people who are trying to buy the turtle. Bravo!

The Swan not for kids

The Swan story was graphic and portrayed the brutality of bullying without any justice in the end. I kept thinking, this is a renowned children's author, surely this will turn around soon. But it didn't. All 7 kids ranging in age from 8-15 disliked it.

It’s Pretty Great

I hate buying audiobooks because it’s like okay, you bought it, and listened, and now what? So I love when I come across audiobooks I can listen to over and over again. The stories and narration mesh together perfectly. Together they create worlds for the characters to live in during their brief time with us. Oh, and I think the accents are like “It’s story time!” and not Doing This Accent. If you’re reading this review on Audible I’m guessing that’s what you need and not story :)

STUNNINGLY AMAZING

One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to. TWSOHS (& 6 More) was a favorite of mine in my Tweens. Andrew Scott brings Dahl's words to life like no other possibly could.