But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie Bucket, our hero, a boy who is honest and kind, brave and true, and good and ready for the wildest time of his life!

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Listening Length	3 hours and 18 minutes
Author	Roald Dahl
Narrator	Douglas Hodge
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Audible.com Release Date	June 13, 2013
Publisher	Listening Library
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B00DD4LPGI
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Thank You Roald Dhal!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2020

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I’ve been chomping at the bit to get my kids interested in reading books that aren’t carried by the illustrations, and CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY was the book that finally got us over that hurdle! My 4-year-old stayed engaged and followed the story, even brought it up and talked about the characters at times that we were not reading. Even my son (almost 3) generally paid attention, but mostly because he follows his sister’s lead. Other books we’ve tried recently were too long-winded or slow to keep my daughter’s attention, but Roald Dahl’s masterpiece was a hit. I think the vividness of the exaggerated, one-dimensional characters helps young readers/listeners cement the characters into their minds, providing strong anchors to help keep focused on the story. This is particularly true if you can give each of the characters their own recognizable voice when reading this one out loud!

My kids’ favorite part of the book was when the squirrels threw Veruca Salt (and her parents!) down the garbage shoot. I bring that up when the kids start whining about something, reminding them that it was the parents’ spoiling of Veruca that made her into such an insufferable brat! The Oompa-Loompas and their long, complex songs were not as funny as I remembered, and I could tell the kids were pretty much waiting for them to be over so the story could resume. This surprised me since I seemed to remember them being my favorite part. Maybe I just didn’t do them justice in my attempts to sing like an Oompa-Loompa!

The lessons conveyed by CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY are simple but important. Behave with respect, dignity, and politeness and try not to be like Augustus, Veruca, Violet, of Mike, each of whom personify excess, disrespect, selfishness and unhealthy habits. I can’t recommend this book highly enough if you’re looking for an easy-to-follow, short book to read out loud to children! It has simple black-and-white illustrations every few pages, something to look at but not stare at continually, so it is a good book for transitioning from picture books to chapter books.

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Mike Cohn

Classic children's novel that's fun for adults too

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story I've known for many years from the two movie versions, particularly the Gene Wilder movie I first saw as a child. It's such a joy to finally read the original book as an adult. Dahl had a sardonic sense of humor and could be quite cruel to some of his child characters. But the book is full of whimsy and imagination. Though we don't get Leslie Bricusse's songs, we do get some very funny ones from the Oompa Loompas themselves. And Dahl's amusingly primitive illustrations are perfect at capturing how he imagined the characters to look as opposed to the Hollywood versions that are so familiar to us by now. A true treasure with some biting satire, pointing the finger at some familiar targets that still ring true today, ranging from binge watching TV to overeating to selfishness, greed and ostentatious displays of wealth. Dahl has fun with each of them, but keeps the story entertaining rather than preachy. And just the names of the characters like Willy Wonka, Veruca Salt, Augustus Bloop and Mike Teevee are amusing in themselves. A short read, but a fun one.

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Nicka

Excellent BOOK!!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021

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I bought this book for my daughter, she had a book report on this. At first, we watched both the old movie and the remake. After discussing what we watched in the movies we didn't care for either of them and felt that both movies had hidden messages that expressed current worldly views about what's right, what's wrong and what's fair. So we decided on buying the book. Because movie writers tend to take creative licences and change things to fit their own way of thinking as well as to push a particular idea. For example, in the old movie, the grandfather told Charlie to disobey and drink the soda. Even though they were told not to do so by Mr Wonker. Then the Grandfather also got upset at Mr Wonker for not giving Charly the prise because he had disobeyed. Do you see anything wrong with that way of thinking??? This book, however, was not only properly written, but it also was perfect in the lessons that it teaches about behaviour and being thankful. If you want your children to have really GODLY Values and morals, this book is a good way to start. She has since read it more than once and also scored a 100 on her book report.

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Mrs. Roger Wilco

We loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016

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I didn’t read this book as a child, so now that I have children of my own, we really loved reading this book together. It is written in a way that young and old can enjoy it.

It’s about a young boy's journey to winning a tour through the chocolate factory in his town. There are plenty of times where we laughed out loud at the ridiculous imagination of Roald Dahl. We are going to order the next one in the series so we can see what else happens!

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Elizabeth A. Chapin-Pinotti

Terrific Themes for All Ages

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story to be read again and again. It captures Dahl's excellence in making a hero out of the least popular child around. This is a great tale to reinforce that wealth does not trump poverty and that good guys can finish first. Reading this book in secondary school helps students grasp the deeper meanings of themes, symbols and motifs that can be missed at first glance.

-- Elizabeth Chapin-Pinotti

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Priyanka

Refreshing read !

Reviewed in India on October 25, 2018

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This story is about a boy named Charlie Bucket who lived with his family. His family barely managed to survive with very little money. There would be some days when Charlie would survive on cabbage soup or just starve. His life was totally miserable.
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But there was on thing that made Charlie happy and that was the smell of the chocolate factory, he used to pass by, twice a day while going and coming back from school. He always used to look at the giant chocolate factory and was eager to know that how would it look from inside.
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The chocolate factory, belonged to Willy Wonka who manufactured the most magical, mouth watering, beautiful and scrumptious chocolates in the whole world. One day, he held a contest for children where he announced that a Golden Ticket would be hidden underneath the ordinary wrapping paper of 5 ordinary bars of chocolate. The 5 lucky finders of these 5 Golden tickets would earn a free day tour in his giant chocolate factory and would also be allowed to see the secrets and magic of his factory.
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A visit to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is nothing less than a dream come true for any child in the world. His chocolate factory is every chocolate lover's paradise.
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Who would be the 5 luckiest kids who would get a chance to win a free day tour to the chocolate factory ?
Would Charlie be one those 5 kids who would win a day tour to the chocolate factory ?
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This book is soo good that after reading it you are surely going to crave for chocolates 😜😜
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I give 5 / 5.

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Caroline

Wonderful Children' s Classic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2022

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I really do find it astonishing that this book was published in 1964 as it definitely feels much later. As I said in my preamble, this was a book in my childhood. I can still picture the purple cover with a massive chocolate-making machine on it, surrounded by the golden ticket winners. But the novel has endured right up to present day, with Roald Dahl novels still being a core staple of any bookshop.

The story is marvellous, and has a lovely hero Charlie Bucket, who lives in poor conditions with his mother, father, and 4 elderly grandparents, all surviving on cabbage soup and a slice of bread and margarine. The family is so sweet. Charlie insists on sharing his annual bar of chocolate with his family and when Grandpa Joe has a coin, it is Charlie he wants to spend it on.

But it is the chocolate factory that tantalises and delights and Mr Wonka himself, one of Dahl's most enigmatic characters who make this book. There is almost a childlike quality about Willy Wonka. Picture his reaction when Mike Teavee asks quite sensible questions, and he pretends to be deaf or accuses Mike of mumbling so he doesn't have to answer them.

Just like a chocolate bar, the world of Willy Wonka is shiny wrapped and full of colour and sensation, designed to tempt. The names of the chocolate bars: a whipple-scrumptious fudgemallow delight, a chewing gum that provides a 3 course meal, a land where the chocolate is mixed, complete with edible green grass and fruits. All from the imagination of one of the best storytellers.

The other children are truly ghastly and leave us rooting for Charlie. But again these characters have become some of the best known in literature.

This is Dahl at his best, the language, the story, the chocolate. All serve to delight and entertain. I agree, this is my favourite Dahl book and deserves its place at #35 on the BBC Big Read List.

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Nic

Regular paperback with monochrome illustrations.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2021

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Other reviewers were excited to receive a large-sized, colour-illustrated version. But I just received a normal paperback version with a few black/white illustrations on some pages. I didn’t need the fancy version and the description didn’t promise it but it was disappointing anyway.

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Dragonoak

Should be a part of every child's Youth.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2016

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Ahh... memories!

I remember one particularly wet summer holiday in my youth, snuggling up with my Mum, and listening to this book, whilst the rain hammered on the windows and thunder rattled the rooftops. So I borrowed this book from our library (yes, we actually found one!) and read it three times to my 4 year old son, over the space of about 7 weeks. Feeling a little guilty, we returned the book, begrudgingly in my son's case. I look forward to seeing his face when he opens this on his birthday next month!

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S. Gee

Excellent chocolaty fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 23, 2012

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As a child I had mixed feelings about Dahl's books, but loved the films, especially the classic Gene Wilder version. Now that I have a little boy of my own I'm working on instilling the magic of books, and decided to try him on a paperback of the Fantastic Mr Fox - he loved it, and so did I. Next up some more substantial fare - enter Charlie. I have to say the book is great - I'm enjoying reading it and my son (very nearly 4) is fascinated by all the details - cabbage soup for dinner and mattresses on the floor etc.

I was particularly interested to see how he'd take to being read to from my tablet - he loves it and likes watching me flick the pages - I was a little worried the medium would be intrusive, but actually I think it works really well.

I haven't yet picked up any of the page-setting errors other reviewers have noted,so these may well have been remedied now, and the illustrations are luminous and lovely on my Blackberry Playbook (with side-loaded android kindle). I am particularly pleased to see that the kindle version is appropriately priced at £1.99 compared to the full price for the paperback.

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