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Dirty Beasts

By: Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake - illustrator
Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig
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Shh! Listen! What is that I hear
Gallumphing softly up the stair?


This edition of Dirty Beasts, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.

So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .

The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl’s books that were published before the 2022 Puffin editions, aimed at newly independent young listeners.

©2014 Roald Dahl (P)2014 Penguin Audio
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Very good

Loved Roald Dahl as a child so thought I'd give these a go. Love them but think some of the ruder ones have missed out (not really that rude- I mean we heard and laughed at them and survived to be decent adults!) so not sure how complete. Some of them were disappointing as not read as well as expected but absolutely loved the cheeky combination of Miriam and Roald.

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Great book, no chapter names

Love this book anyway and great to have it as an audiobook. Unfortunately there are no chapter names though, so can’t easily skip around to required poems.

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Joyous

Wonderful to hear these again, I always enjoyed the Prunella Scales version!
A treat to have them reawakened!

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Great

Please it was a good book but had to much rude words running and I had to go

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Great - What price happiness?

I usually aim to download books that cost more than my monthly credit but there was a load of free stuff available this weekend so I decided to spend my credit on this. In short, my son loves it as well he should at five years old.

The narration isn't the best I've heard from these three actors but my son isn't at all bothered and wants to listen to it again and again.

Well worth taking a small hit on the price of a credit :-)

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4 year old loved it

This audiobook featured fantastic performances of classically dark and cheeky Dahl rhymes, excellent for car journeys. You forget the kind of brilliant turns of phrase he used: a whizzing, fizzing kettle of tales!

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