id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-8858 Roald Dahl - Wikipedia .html text/html 14603 1688 80 Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot.[1] His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.[2] Unlike other Dahl works (which often feature tyrannical adults and heroic/magical children), it is the story of an old, lonely man trying to make a connection with a woman he has loved from afar.[97] In 1994, the English language audiobook recording of the book was provided by Monty Python member Michael Palin.[98] In 2015 it was adapted by screenwriter Richard Curtis into an acclaimed BBC comedy television film, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot, featuring Dustin Hoffman and Judi Dench as the couple.[99] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8858.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8858.txt