Matilda (novel)

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Matilda (novel) is a beloved 1988 children's book by Roald Dahl about an extraordinarily intelligent girl who uses her wit and newfound telekinetic powers to overcome cruel adults in her life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's novel
fantasy novel
novel
adaptedAs Matilda (1996 film) NERFINISHED
Matilda the Musical NERFINISHED
Matilda the Musical (stage musical) NERFINISHED
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (2022 film) NERFINISHED
author Roald Dahl NERFINISHED
centralConflict Matilda versus Miss Trunchbull
Matilda versus her parents
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Lavender NERFINISHED
Miss Honey NERFINISHED
Miss Trunchbull NERFINISHED
Mr. Wormwood NERFINISHED
Mrs. Wormwood NERFINISHED
followedBy Esio Trot NERFINISHED
follows The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me NERFINISHED
genre children's literature
fantasy
hasElement telekinesis
hasISBN 978-0-224-02480-1
hasMotiveForProtagonist escape from neglectful parents
resisting cruel authority figures
hasPageCount 240
illustrator Quentin Blake NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod 20th-century British literature
mainCharacter Matilda Wormwood NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor collaboration between Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
portrayal of a highly intelligent child protagonist
originalLanguage English
protagonist Matilda Wormwood NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1988
publisher Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED
setting English primary school
targetAudience children
middle-grade readers
theme child abuse and neglect
empowerment of children
intelligence and learning
justice and revenge
power of reading
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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Matilda basedOn Matilda (novel)
Matilda adaptationOf Matilda (novel)