Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes
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Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes is a humorous collection of subversive, darkly comic retellings of classic fairy tales written in verse for children.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's book
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fairy tale retelling ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| ageRange | middle-grade children ⓘ |
| author | Roald Dahl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | classic fairy tales ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Cinderella
NERFINISHED
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack and the Beanstalk NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Red Riding Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs NERFINISHED ⓘ The Three Little Pigs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Dirty Beasts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children's poetry
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fairy tale parody ⓘ humorous poetry ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Revolting Rhymes (1983 television series)
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Revolting Rhymes (2016 animated film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely praised for its wit and subversive humor ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasPoeticDevice |
irony
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rhythm and rhyme ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
greed and vanity
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subversion of traditional morality ⓘ violence in fairy tales ⓘ |
| hasTone |
darkly comic
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subversive ⓘ |
| illustrator | Quentin Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedUse | read-aloud poetry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Cinderella (parodied)
NERFINISHED
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Little Red Riding Hood (parodied) NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow White (parodied) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Bad Wolf (parodied) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
contains dark humor
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twists traditional fairy tale endings ⓘ uses rhyming couplets ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Roald Dahl bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Twits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
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