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Only This (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- Sophie Okonedo
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 13 September 2012
- Run Time
- 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Only This by Roald Dahl, read by Sophie Okonedo.
In Only This, Roald Dahl tells of a mother restlessly waiting for her bomber crewman son to return form a raid . . .
Only This is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.
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Details
- Author
- Roald Dahl
- Narrator
- Sophie Okonedo
- Duration
- 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 September 2012
- ISBN
- 9780718177768
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Only This by Roald Dahl, read by Sophie Okonedo.In Only This, Roald Dahl tells of a mother restlessly waiting for her bomber crewman son to return form a raid . . .Only This is taken from the short story collection Over to You, which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War.
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