Happy Birthday Roald Dahl: Dive into his remarkable legacy through the lens of his adult short fiction

It is characteristic among lifelong readers to occasionally bring up the beloved works of Roald Dahl — more a prose artist than just an author, an absurdist if there ever was one. On his birth anniversary today, we will be exploring the colossal legacy left behind by writer Roald Dahl through a few of his short stories {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The Twits Known for crafting fantastic worlds rooted in intrusive thoughts you may have had as a child, Dahl uses his keen insight to anticipate an adult reader's strangest desires, weaving them into astonishing tales of hopelessness, disgust, and craving. Macabre, satirical, and absurdist elements aren’t typically associated with a beloved children's author, but the theory goes: his mind was at work on children's stories while his body tackled writing for similarly motivated adults. ‘We could rule the world!’ he cried.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The public image Dahl was fitted into remained rather superficial, largely due to the overwhelming popularity of his internationally acclaimed children's stories. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} While more than two hundred million copies of his books are in print, they have inspired countless television and film adaptations, from Broadway's Matilda The Musical to more recently The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More, where whimsical filmmaker Wes Anderson executes four strange stories from his adult fiction collection with a stellar cast comprising of Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes and Dev Patel.