Matilda Roald Dahl Arbeitsbl舩ter. Roald dahl s matilda won the children s book award shortly after it was published in 1988 and it has continued to delight audiences ever since. What i immediately did soon after i read matilda was checking netflix for its movie adaptation and to my surprise it turned equally good.
I was so impressed by the book that i now realize what a wasted childhood i had without having read the book. Roald dahl s anti semitic comments were incomprehensible to us family says the apology which appeared as a note on the official roald dahl website comes 30 years after the author s death. The book was inspired by the political climate of the 1980s a desire to keep books alive and possibly his grandchildren.
What i immediately did soon after i read matilda was checking netflix for its movie adaptation and to my surprise it turned equally good.
Matilda was the last chapter book that roald dahl wrote before his death. Matilda is a girl of unusual precocity who is incredibly intelligent but often ill treated by her father or neglected by her mother. The 13th of september was roald dahl s birthday and i decided to read matilda. The book was inspired by the political climate of the 1980s a desire to keep books alive and possibly his grandchildren.