Matilda is a 1988 children’s novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was published by Jonathan Cape. The story features Matilda Wormwood, a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull.
“NEVER do ANYTHING by halves if you want to get away with it. Be OUTRAGEOUS. Go THE WHOLE HOG.”
MATILDA WORMWOOD’S father thinks she’s a little scab.
Matilda’s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo.
And Matilda’s headmistress, MISS TRUNCHBULL?
Well, she’s the worst of all.
She’s a big bully, who thinks all her PUPILS are rotten and locks them in the dreaded CHOKEY.
As for MATILDA, she’s an extraordinary little girl with a MAGICAL MIND – and now she’s had enough.
So all these GROWN-UPS had better watch out, because MATILDA is going to teach them a lesson they’ll never forget.
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more brilliant stories. He remains THE WORLD’S NUMBER ONE STORYTELLER.
Sir Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl’s favourite illustrator. 1980 he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999 he became the first ever Children’s Laureate and in 2013 he was knighted for services to illustrations.
