List of short stories by Roald Dahl

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Roald Dahl, April 20, 1954

The list of short stories by Roald Dahl shows all known short stories by Roald Dahl in the chronological order of their first publication . It also includes those short stories that have remained unpublished for various reasons. Some short stories have been published in different publications under different titles. The first title in the table is the most widely used title in the relevant story. Reference is made to alternative titles in the comments in the table.

English title Initial release; collection German title; collection Remarks
The Kumbak II Unpublished short story from 1926 Roald Dahl wrote this short story when he was 10; Original manuscript available
Shot Down Over Libya Saturday Evening Post , August 1, 1942 Not published in German Published in 1946 in Over to You as A Piece of Cake , a rework and combination of Shot Down Over Libya and Missing: Believed Killed from 1944
The Gremlins Cosmopolitan , December 1942; Published as a book in 1943 Not published in German Published under the pseudonym “Pegasus, a famous Gremlinologist” (“Pegasus, a famous Gremlinologist”);
The Sword The Atlantic Monthly , August 1943 Not published in German Modified version 1986 in Dahl's autobiography Going Solo (also in German translation)
Katina Ladies' Home Journal , March 1944; Over to you Katina ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Only This Ladies' Home Journal , September 1944; Over to you Just this ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Beware of the Dog Harper's Magazine , October 1944; Over to you Guard au chien ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Missing: Believed Killed Tomorrow (November 1944) Not published in German Published in 1946 in Over to You as A Piece of Cake , a rework and combination of Shot Down Over Libya and Missing: Believed Killed from 1944
The Ginger Cat Unpublished short story from around 1945
World Leaders Unpublished short story from around 1945
They Shall Not Grow Old Ladies' Home Journal , March 1945; Over to you They don't get old ; ... get out ... machine is on fire
Madame Rosette Harper's Magazine , August 1945; Over to you Madame Rosette ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Death of an Old Old Man Ladies' Home Journal , September 1945; Over to you Death of an old, old man ; ... get out ... machine is on fire
Someone Like You Town & Country , November 1945; Over to you Someone like you ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Smoked Cheese The Atlantic , November 1945 Not published in German
An African Story Over to you An African story ; ... get out ... machine is on fire
A piece of cake Over to you A little something in ... get out ... machine is on fire and a piece of cake in I see something that you don't see Revision and combination of Shot Down Over Libya (1942) and Missing: Believed Killed (1944) - See also the comment and footnotes on Shot Down Over Libya
Yesterday was beautiful Over to you It was nice yesterday ; ... get out ... machine is on fire ...
Foreign Intelligence Unpublished short story from 1947
The Mildenhall Treasure Saturday Evening Post , September 20, 1947; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar The Mildenhall Treasure ; I can see what you can not see First published in 1947 under the title He Plowed Up $ 1,000,000 ; Roald Dahl's own research, written as a short story, about the actual discovery of the Mildenhall treasure
The Dogchild Unpublished short story from 1948
Man from the South Collier’s , September 4, 1948; Someone Like You Man from the south ; ... and another kiss! Title of the first publication of 1948 Collector's Item
The Sound Machine The New Yorker , September 17, 1949; Someone Like You The phonologist ; ... and another kiss
Nineteen Fifty What? Unpublished short story from 1950
Poison Collier’s , June 3, 1950; Someone Like You Poison ; ... and another kiss
The Girl Without a Name Today's Woman , November 1951 Not published in German The working title was Meet My Sister ; also Engaging a Minx known
button The New Yorker , December 8, 1951; Someone Like You Taste ; ... and another kiss!
Dip in the pool The New Yorker , January 19, 1952; Someone Like You Use ; ... and another kiss
skin The New Yorker , May 17, 1952; Someone Like You Skin ; ... and another kiss! Originally titled A Picture for Drioli in 1952
My Lady Love, My Dove The New Yorker , June 21, 1952; Someone Like You My sweetheart ; ... and another kiss!
Mr. Feasey The New Yorker , July 25, 1953; Someone Like You The dog race ; My friend Claud Originally titled 1953 Dog Race
Lamb to the Slaughter Harper's Magazine , September 1953; Someone Like You Leg of lamb ; ... and another kiss!
Nunc Dimittis Collier’s , September 4, 1953; Someone Like You Nunc Dimittis ; ... and another kiss! Originally titled Twenty Years Younger ; Published in 1953 under The Devious Bachelor ; further publication also under the title A Connoisseur's Revenge
Edward the Conqueror The New Yorker , October 31, 1953; Kiss kiss Edward the Conqueror ; Kiss, kiss!
Galloping Foxley Town & Country , November 1953; Someone Like You The furious Foxley ; ... and another kiss!
Mr. Hoddy Someone Like You Hoddy ; My friend Claud
Neck Someone Like You Neck ; ... and another kiss!
Rummins Someone Like You Rummins ; My friend Claud
The Great Automatic Grammarator Someone Like You The great automatic grammar ; ... and another kiss!
The Ratcatcher Someone Like You The Pied Piper ; My friend Claud
The Soldier Someone Like You The soldier ; ... and another kiss!
The Wish Someone Like You The desire ; ... and another kiss!
The Way Up to Heaven The New Yorker , February 27, 1954; Kiss kiss The way to heaven ; ... kiss, kiss! Later, under the title Going Up published
Parson's Pleasure Esquire , April 1958; Kiss kiss The pastor's joy ; Kiss, kiss!
The Champion of the World The New Yorker , January 31, 1959; Kiss kiss The world champion ; Kiss, kiss! Later title also Sitting Pretty ; Adaptation and expansion in the children's book Danny the Champion of the World (1975), in German Danny or Die Fasanenjagd (1977)
The Landlady The New Yorker , Nov. 28, 1959; Kiss kiss The landlady ; Kiss, kiss!
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat Nugget , December 1959; Kiss kiss Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's coat ; Kiss, kiss!
Genesis and Catastrophe: A True Story Playboy , December 1959; Kiss kiss Genesis and catastrophe ; Kiss, kiss! Originally titled 1959 A Fine Son
Murder in Africa Keyhole Mystery Magazine , August 1960 Not published in German
Georgy Porgy Kiss kiss Georgy Porgy ; Kiss, kiss!
Pig Kiss kiss Pig ; Kiss, kiss!
Royal Jelly Kiss kiss Royal jelly ; Kiss, kiss!
William and Mary Kiss kiss William and Mary ; Kiss, kiss! Originally titled Abide with Me
In the Ruins Program of the World Book Fair, June 1964 Not published in German Dahl's shortest short story
The Visitor Playboy , May 1965; Switch bitch The visitor ; Cuddle shell
The Last Act Playboy , January 1966; Switch bitch The last act ; Cuddle shell
The Great Switcheroo Playboy April 1974; Switch bitch Deer crossing ; Cuddle shell
The Upsidedown Mice Puffin Annual Number One, London 1974 Not published in German
The butler Travel + Leisure , May 1974; More Tales of the Unexpected The butler ; I can see what you can not see Originally titled 1974 The Butler Did It
Bitch Playboy , July 1974; Switch bitch Bitch ; Cuddle shell
Ah, sweet mystery of life The New York Times , September 14, 1974; Ah, sweet mystery of life Ah, sweet secret of life ; My friend Claud Original version from 1974 with deviations from the current version (e.g. still without the person Claud ) and under the title Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, at Last I've Found Thee ; Title based on the song of the same name from the operetta Naughty Marietta
The hitchhiker Atlantic Monthly , July 1977; More Tales of the Unexpected The hitchhiker ; I can see what you can not see
Lucky break. How I Became A Writer The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More ; How I became a writer ; I can see what you can not see Dahl's autobiographical short story about his career as a writer
The Boy Who Talked with Animals The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More On the back ; I can see what you can not see
The Swan The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more The swan ; I can see what you can not see
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more I see what you don't see ; I can see what you can not see Roald Dahl published an article in Argosy magazine in July 1952 about the Pakistani mystic Kuda Bux (1905-1981), which inspired him to write this short story.
The Umbrella Man More Tales of the Unexpected The man with the umbrella ; confetti
Mr. Botibol More Tales of the Unexpected Mister Botibol ; confetti
Vengeance is Mine Inc. More Tales of the Unexpected Mine-is-the-revenge-GmbH ; confetti
The Princess and the Poacher Two fables The princess and the poacher ; The princess and the poacher
Princess Mammalia Two fables Princess bosom beautiful ; The princess and the poacher
The Bookseller Playboy January 1987; Deception The antiquarian ; The princess and the poacher
The Surgeon Playboy January 1988; Trickery The surgeon ; The princess and the poacher
Death in the Square. A Christmas Mystery in Four Parts (only part 1 by Roald Dahl) Telegraph Weekend Magazine , December 24, 1988, pp. 36 - 40 Not published in German It is Dahl's last first short story publication. Authors of parts 2 to 4: Ted Willis , Ruth Rendell and Peter Levi

literature

Biographies

  • Jeremy Treglown: Roald Dahl. A Biography, New York 1994
  • Tom Solomon: Roald Dahl's Marvelous Medicine, Liverpool 2016
  • Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl, New York and London 2010

Autobiographies

  • Boy. Beautiful and terrible things from my childhood. Reinbek 1986
  • Single-handedly. My experiences abroad. Reinbek 1988

German-language collections of short stories (selection)

  • ... get out ... the machine is on fire ... 10 flight stories, Reinbek 1966
  • Kiss, kiss! Eleven unusual stories, Reinbek 1966
  • ... and another kiss! More unusual stories, Reinbek 1967
  • Cuddle shell. Four erotic surprises, Reinbek 1978
  • I can see what you can not see. Eight incredible stories, Reinbek 1984
  • Confetti. Uncomfortable + naughty, Reinbek 1987
  • The princess and the poacher. Four stories, Reinbek 1989
  • My friend Claud. Stories, Reinbek 1990

English-language collections of short stories (selection - arranged by year of publication)

  • Over to you. Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying, New York 1946
  • Someone Like You, New York 1953 and London 1961 (revised and expanded edition)
  • Kiss Kiss, New York 1960
  • Collected Stories of Roald Dahl from Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss . Chosen by the author, Modern Library of the World's Best Books, New York 1968
  • Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl, London 1969 - contains all 29 short stories from Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss
  • Switch Bitch, (London) 1974
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more, (London) 1977
  • More Tales of the Unexpected, (London) 1980
  • Two Fables, Harmondsworth 1986
  • Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, London 1989
  • A Taste of the Unexpected, London 2005
  • The Complete Short Stories. Volume One / 1944-1953, London 2013
  • The Complete Short Stories. Volume Two / 1954 - 1988, London 2013
  • Deception. Tales of Intrigue and Lies, London 2016
  • Lust. Tales of Craving and Desire, London 2016
  • Madness. Tales of Fear and Unreason, London 2016
  • Innocence. Tales of Youth and Guile, London 2017
  • Trickery. Tales of Deceit and Cunning, London 2017
  • Was. Tales of Conflict and Strife, London 2017
  • Cruelty. Tales of Malice and Greed, London 2019

  • Over to You - 1946

  • Someone Like You - 1953

  • Kiss Kiss - 1960

  • Selected Stories - 1968

  • Switch Bitch - 1974

  • Two Fables - 1986

Web links

References and comments

  1. ↑ Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. Pp. 625-626
  2. ↑ Detailed table of contents and information on all Dahl short stories as well as mention of the alternative titles
  3. ↑ List of Dahl's unpublished works by Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. P. 628 and on Roald Dahl Fans.com
  4. ↑ Most of Roald Dahl's short stories that were first published in a newspaper, magazine or collection have been published over the decades in short story collections, each with a different composition. There is only one collection in this list.
  5. ↑ Comments on Kumbak II - The original manuscript was made available to the public by Penguin Books in 2016 on the 100th birthday of Roald Dahl (1916-1990).
  6. ^ Complete text on pages of the Saturday Evening Post of August 1, 1942
  7. ↑ About the merging and revision of the two short stories - Roald Dahl, however, incorrectly issued A Piece of Cake in 1977 in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and six more on pages 216 and 224 as the original story from 1942.
  8. ↑ Solomon, p. 215: “ Shot Down Over Libya and Missing: Believed Killed were combined, modified and republished as a Piece of Cake. ”
  9. ↑ Downloadable edition of the book from 1943
  10. ↑ Dahl, Roald: Mdisho of the Mwanumwezi, in: Going Solo, London 1986, pp. 67–77 (last new edition 2016). German translation: Mdisho, der Mwanumwezi, in: Im Alleingang, Reinbek 1988, pp. 78–88. - Dahl's servant Salimu in the 1943 version became Mdisho in the 1986 publication.
  11. ↑ roalddahlfans.com Roald Dahl passed off A Piece of Cake in 1977 as the original 1942 story .
  12. ↑ Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. P. 142 and P. 628
  13. ↑ a b c d Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. P. 628
  14. ↑ Illustration on p. 115 with full text
  15. ^ Translation by Alfred Scholz
  16. ^ Translation by Rudolf Braunburg
  17. ↑ Solomon, p. 215: “ Shot Down Over Libya and Missing: Believed Killed were combined, modified and republished as a Piece of Cake. ”
  18. ↑ About Dahl's revision of the two short stories from 1942 and 1944 for A Piece of Cake
  19. ↑ About A Piece of Cake in the 1946 publication Over to You
  20. ↑ Dahl's short story Collector's Item on page 14 and the continuation on pages 59 and 60 of the Collier’s edition of September 4, 1948
  21. ↑ Roald Dahl's short story Poison on pages 26 and 27 as well as the continuation on pages 49 and 50 of the Collier’s edition of June 3, 1950
  22. ↑ Beginning of The Girl Without Name on pages 38 and 39 in Today's Woman , November 1951
  23. ↑ Donald Sturrock: Storyteller. P. 598 / note 120.
  24. ↑ Information on The Girl Without a Name
  25. ↑ Sturrock, p. 600, note 66
  26. ↑ Dahl's short story The Devious Bachelor on page 23 and the continuation on pages 78 - 81 of the Collier’s edition of September 4, 1953
  27. ↑ See Where did he get his ideas for Stories?
  28. ↑ Treglown, p 122
  29. ↑ Complete text
  30. ↑ Complete text
  31. ↑ roalddahlfans.com
  32. ↑ Lyrics and audio sample
  33. ^ Operetta by Victor Herbert (1859-1924), first performance in 1910, film adaptation in 1935
  34. ^ Title of the Roald Dahl article: The Amazing Eyes of Kuda Bux
  35. ^ Report on Kuda Bux from June 22, 2012 with a link to one of his presentations
  36. ↑ This short story is also included in the Cruelty Collection from 2019.
  37. ↑ This short story is also included in the Trickery collection from 2017.
  38. ↑ Brief review of the volume and brief synopsis of the four stories