Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

It's years since I last read Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but having seen both the Gene Wilder version of the film, and more recently the Johnny Depp version, I thought I'd re-read it again. I particularly wanted to see how much of the book had been retained for Tim Burton's film, since he was quite adamant that his version was a new adaptation of the book, not a re-make of the earlier film. I was pleased to see that quite a lot of the book was in the film, including quite a bit of Roald Dahl's original dialogue (I'd forgotten that Dahl's Wonka berates Mike Teavee for mumbling, just as Johnny Depp's Wonka did), and of course, the original Oompa-Loompa song lyrics, for which Dahl is credited in Burton's film. I was also pleased to see that it had stood the test of time, although the Oompa-Loompa's make me squirm these days, as they never did when I was a child...

The edition I borrowed from the library features Quentin Blake's inimitable illustrations and I note that Amazon.co.uk are offering a 40th Anniversary edition (published last year) of the book, which again features Quentin Blake's illustrations. And for the audiobook fans, there's an audiobook that's narrated by Roald Dahl himself ! Although I don't usually listen to audiobooks, I may see if the library has this one, just out of curiosity to hear Dahl himself narrate the tale.