I had no idea The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was for adults. I read that when I was only eight or so after reading other Dahl books like Matilda and The Witches. I loved the premise.
Roald Dahl has been great for the whole family, we do a lot of driving and listen to them in the car. We are very picky about the narrator's voice. Best so far have been The Witches (Miranda Richardson), Matilda (Kate Winslet) and the BFG (David Walliams - I don't like him personally but he is a great reader). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a disappointment, the narrator garbles…
…of magic smoke. It would be much better, I'd think, to just accept the original works for what they are: imperfect creations by complicated people. This applies to Roald Dahl too, by the way—IMO, The Witches is inherently mysogonistic and no amount of light edits is going to change that. That doesn't mean nobody should read it; in fact, I think a children's book like The Witches is a great opportunity for…
…which were cutting edge for their time. The Puffin changes are similar in kind. Roald Dahl as an author is known for his dark humor and misanthropic themes. Throwing in a moralizing sermonette in The Witches (whose eponymous witches are bald) that “there are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that” is unnecessary and inconsistent with the tone of the…
…it's been delightful. It has kind of made me want to do my own audiobook recording of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. James and the Giant Peach was a hit, of course, as was Matilda. We're doing The Witches right now, which I had never read as a kid. It's kind of at the edge of what my son finds too scary, though. My son has started to notice that all of Dahl's heroes have terrible family lives in some…
我之前完全不知道《亨利·休格的神奇故事》是写给成年人看的。我大概八岁左右读完达尔的《玛蒂尔达》和《女巫》之后，就读了这本。我超喜欢那个设定。
I had no idea The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar was for adults. I read that when I was only eight or so after reading other Dahl books like Matilda and The Witches. I loved the premise.
罗尔德·达尔对我们全家来说都很棒，我们经常开车，就在车里听这些有声书。我们对朗读者的声音非常挑剔。目前最好的是《女巫》（The Witches）（米兰达·理查森朗读）、《玛蒂尔达》（Matilda）（凯特·温斯莱特朗读）和《好心眼儿巨人》（BFG）（大卫·威廉姆斯——我个人不喜欢他，但他读得很好）。《查理和巧克力工厂》有点失望，朗读者含糊不清……
Roald Dahl has been great for the whole family, we do a lot of driving and listen to them in the car. We are very picky about the narrator's voice. Best so far have been The Witches (Miranda Richardson), Matilda (Kate Winslet) and the BFG (David Walliams - I don't like him personally but he is a great reader). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a disappointment, the narrator garbles…
……就像魔术的烟雾。我倒觉得，直接接受原作本来的样子要好得多：它们本就是由复杂的人创作出的不完美作品。顺便说一句，罗尔德·达尔也是如此——在我看来，《女巫》骨子里就是厌女的，再怎么删改修饰也改变不了这一点。但这并不意味着大家都不该读它；事实上，我觉得像《女巫》这样的童书恰恰是一个很好的契机……
…of magic smoke. It would be much better, I'd think, to just accept the original works for what they are: imperfect creations by complicated people. This applies to Roald Dahl too, by the way—IMO, The Witches is inherently mysogonistic and no amount of light edits is going to change that. That doesn't mean nobody should read it; in fact, I think a children's book like The Witches is a great opportunity for…
……在当时都是非常前沿的。企鹅出版集团（Puffin）的修改在性质上类似。罗尔德·达尔作为作家，向来以黑色幽默和厌世主题闻名。在《女巫》（书里同名的女巫们全都是光头）里硬塞一段说教式的道德鸡汤，说什么“女性戴假发还有很多其他原因，这当然没有任何问题”，完全是多此一举，而且和整本书的基调格格不入……
…which were cutting edge for their time. The Puffin changes are similar in kind. Roald Dahl as an author is known for his dark humor and misanthropic themes. Throwing in a moralizing sermonette in The Witches (whose eponymous witches are bald) that “there are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that” is unnecessary and inconsistent with the tone of the…
……一直很愉快。这让我有点想自己录一版《查理和巧克力工厂》的有声书。《詹姆斯和大桃子》当然很受欢迎，《玛蒂尔达》也是。我们现在在弄《女巫》（The Witches），我小时候从没读过。不过它差不多到了我儿子觉得太吓人的边缘。我儿子已经开始注意到达尔笔下所有主角的家庭生活都很糟糕，在某种……
…it's been delightful. It has kind of made me want to do my own audiobook recording of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. James and the Giant Peach was a hit, of course, as was Matilda. We're doing The Witches right now, which I had never read as a kid. It's kind of at the edge of what my son finds too scary, though. My son has started to notice that all of Dahl's heroes have terrible family lives in some…
让我想起了罗尔德·达尔的《女巫》，哦，还有《玩具总动员》。
Reminds me of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches', oh and Toy Story.