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The Twits is a 1980 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was first published by Jonathan Cape. The story features The Twits (Mr. and Mrs. Twit), a spiteful, idle, unkempt couple who continuously play nasty practical jokes on each other to amuse themselves, and exercise their devious wickedness on their pet monkeys.
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The Twits, as a book, has, as Dahl himself acknowledged, occasionally made adults feel physically sick — perhaps not least because of the graphic description of what lies within Mr Twits' beard in the second chapter of the book (all the chapters being very short by the standards of Dahl's novels). However, it seems it was written with the view that...
The idea of The Twits was triggered by Dahl's simple desire to write "something about beards" since he had an acute dislike of them himself. The first sentence of the story — "what a lot of hairy faces one sees nowadays" — is a genuine complaint.[citation needed] The Twits as a book has remained so successful since its publication in 1980 — at leas...
ISBN 0-224-06491-6 (hardcover, 2003) ISBN 0-14-130107-4 (paperback, 2002) ISBN 0-375-82242-9 (hardcover, 2002) ISBN 0-14-131138-X (paperback, 2001) ISBN 0-14-034640-6 (paperback, 1991) ISBN 0-14-031406-7 (paperback, 1982) ISBN 0-224-01855-8(hardcover, 1980)
Jun 6, 2024 · The Twits marks the first screen adaptation based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name, which has been translated into 41 languages and sold 16 million copies worldwide. The story of the film follows Mr. and Mrs. Twit — who are the miserable owners of a dangerous amusement park — and their meteoric rise to power in their town.
Roald Dahl’s description of Mr Twit tells us about: Mr Twit himself - what he is, what he thinks of himself, his actions. Mr Twit’s appearance. one way in which Dahl does this is through groups of words we call noun groups.
Set in a circus ring, which offers great opportunities for a spectacular production, this adaptation brings Dahl’s ideas to life and has the confidence to add something new. Bored with playing silly tricks on one another, the grotesque, satisfyingly revolting couple, Mr & Mrs Twit, turn their attentions to capturing and training a family of ...
Mr. Twit begins this series of tricks by adding height to Mrs. Twit’s walking stick and chair. He convinces her she’s shrinking, so she allows him to stretch her between the iron ring and the balloons. When he cuts her loose, he believes he is finally rid of her, only for her to come back and mercilessly whack him with her cane.
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Mrs Twit is a horrible old hag with a glass eye. Together they make the nastiest couple you could ever hope not to meet. Down in their garden, the Twits keep Muggle-Wump the monkey and his...
