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The Twits is a 1980 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl.It was first published by Jonathan Cape.The story features The Twits (Mr. and Mrs. Twit), a spiteful, lazy, unkempt couple who continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other to amuse themselves and exercise their devious wickedness on their pet monkeys.
Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegians Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl (née Hesselberg). [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Dahl's father, a wealthy shipbroker and self-made man , had emigrated to Britain from Sarpsborg , Norway and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s with his first wife, Frenchwoman ...
The Twits is an upcoming American animated comedy film co-produced and directed by Phil Johnston, who co-wrote the screenplay with Meg Favreau from a screen story by Kirk DeMicco and John Cleese, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl. It stars Natalie Portman, Emilia Clarke, Margo Martindale and Johnny Vegas.
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The Roly-Poly Bird appears in a number of children's books by Roald Dahl – in two cases alongside Muggle-Wump the monkey.The Roly-Poly Bird is large, with fantastically coloured tailfeathers, and in Quentin Blake's illustrations has a blue body, a long neck and a crest on his head - rather like a peacock.
A Roald Dahl Selection: Nine Short Stories: 1980: Longmans, London Adult Two Fables: 1986: Viking Press, London Adult Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl: 1989: Michael Joseph, London Adult The Roald Dahl Treasury: 1997: Jonathan Cape, London Children Madness: Tales of Fear and Unreason: 2016: Penguin Books, London Adult
Muggle-Wump" the monkey is a fictional character in some of Roald Dahl's books for children, and "the Muggle-Wumps" are his family. A Muggle-Wump appears in The Enormous Crocodile and there is a Muggle-Wump with a family in The Twits. [1] A Muggle-Wump lookalike (shown in Quentin Blake's illustrations) appears in The Giraffe and the Pelly and ...
If you’re stuck on today’s Wordle answer, we’re here to help—but beware of spoilers for Wordle 1326 ahead. Let's start with a few hints.