Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Literature Guide


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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I.	About the Author



II.	Overview



III.	Setting



IV.	Themes and Characters



V.	Literary Technique



VI.	Topics for Discussion



VII.	Questions



VIII.	Related Titles and Adaptations

Literature Guide - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Dahl, Roald Published 1964

I About the Author

Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916, in Llandaff, South Wales. At the age of eight, he was sent to boarding school in south-west England and went on to attend Repton, a prestigious boarding school near Derby. One of his most vivid memories of his Repton years concerned the testing of chocolate bars. Cadbury, the famous chocolate manufacturer, would occasionally give the pupils new types of chocolate bars and ask them to rate them. Dahl fantasized about working in the laboratory where these chocolates were invented. He had no idea, however, that he would one day base a book on these daydreams. ...


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