![]() ![]() Writing in the Guardian, Ms Mangan said: "Reading them now is like watching a familiar landscape slowly emerge out of the mist, or the coloured chips of glass in a kaleidoscope before a final turn of the lens aligns them in the proper pattern. An alternative cover edition for this book can be found here. ![]() ![]() In it, characters named Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice meet a sticky end when they ignore Wonka's warnings and ride railway wagons carrying fudge to The Pounding and Cutting Room. Dahl's book, which has inspired several film versions and a hit stage musical, follows the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory owned by the eccentric Willy Wonka.īut in the Welsh-born author's early draft, which is undated, instead of five Golden Ticket winners there were 10, with familiar characters such as Augustus Gloop given different monikers, such as Augustus Pottle.Īnd the chapter, which appears to begin after Gloop's mishap in the chocolate river, reveals Charlie originally went into the factory with his mother rather than his grandfather. ![]()
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