373 Roald Dahl
The History of Literature
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Doll's Life Story
The doctrine of the church and its claims of authority fell apart for him. Doll wondered why it would be that animals wouldn't go to paradise, and why a child in paradise wouldn't get to see her dog. He wrote screen plays and participated inadapt s of his books. When critics said these books are too dark, he responded that he was in a tradition of dark literature. The dickens could be dark too, with grown ups who were vicious, as children anyway loved ghost stories and vampire stories,. tales about witches and so on.
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