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Matilda
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- Author
- Roald Dahl
- First published
- 1988
- Editions
- 149
- Subjects
- juvenile fiction, Schools, Girls, Spanish language, Translations from English, Fiction, Humorous stories, Écoles
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Key facts
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Children's literature , fantasy
- Published
- October 1, 1988
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Publication place
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Followed by
- Esio Trot
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- publication date
- 1986-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- title
- Matilda
- characters
- Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet
- different from
- Mathilda
- Universal Decimal Classification (works and editions)
- 82-93
- derivative work
- Matilda
- intended public
- child
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Encyclopedic overview
Matilda is a 1988 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was published by Jonathan Cape. The story features Matilda Wormwood, a precocious child with an uncaring mother and father, and her time in a school run by the tyrannical headmistress Miss Trunchbull.
The book has been adapted in various media, including audio readings by actresses Joely Richardson, Miriam Margolyes and Kate Winslet; a 1996 feature film Matilda directed by Danny DeVito; a two-part BBC Radio 4 programme; and a 2010–2011 musical Matilda the Musical which ran on the West End in London, Broadway in New York, and around the world. A film adaptation of the musical, Matilda the Musical, was released in 2022.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matilda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.