Roald Dahl children include "James and the Giant Peach", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", "Matilda", "The Witches", "Fantastic Mr Fox", "The BFG", "The Twits" and "George's Marvellous Medicine". His adult works include "Tales of the Unexpected". Roald Dahl was born in 1916 at Villa Marie, Fairwater Road, in Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Harald Dahl and Sofie Magdalene Dahl ("née" Hesselberg). Dahl's father had emigrated to the UK from Sarpsborg in Norway, and settled in Cardiff in the 1880s. His mother came over and married his father in 1911. Dahl was named after the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. His first
Edward the Conqueror 1979 episode of "Tales of the Unexpected" (Season 1, Episode 7), the ending was slightly changed. As Louisa deduces her husband has thrown the cat on the fire, she grabs a knife and it is implied she attacks him. However, the cat enters the house through a window, fine after all. Edward the Conqueror "Edward the Conqueror" is a short story written by Roald Dahl and first published in the 31 October 1953 issue of "The New Yorker". The story is about a man (Edward) and his wife (Louisa). A long haired silver cat is nearly burnt in the bonfire