Matilda Roald Dahl

The film centers on a young genius girl.

Matilda roald dahl. It was published in 1988 by jonathan cape in london with 232 pages and illustrations by quentin blake. By the time she begins school aged five she has graduated to charles dickens and rudyard kipling. In a small buckinghamshire village matilda wormwood is a five and half year old girl of unusual precocity but she is often ill treated or neglected by her parents and older brother michael. Roald dahl s matilda is a story of enormous warmth celebrating intelligence good teaching and above all a love of reading.

So clever is matilda that by the age of four she has read all the children s books in her local library. 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. Although he passed away in 1990 his popularity continues to increase as his fantastic novels including james and the giant peach matilda the bfg and charlie and the chocolate factory delight an ever growing legion of fans. Matilda wormwood is the clever brave book loving girl who gives her name to one of roald dahl s last published stories.

The book later adapted the film of the same name. The book was published by jonathan cape and illustrated by quentin blake and consisted of 232 pages. Matilda is a 1996 american family comedy drama fantasy film co produced directed and narrated by danny devito from a screenplay written by nicholas kazan and robin swicord based on roald dahl s 1988 novel of the same name the film stars mara wilson as the title character with devito rhea perlman embeth davidtz and pam ferris in supporting roles. It was published in 1988.

Matilda roald dahl matilda is a book by british writer roald dahl.