![]() But I didn’t like doing it’.Īlternative Version for the ‘Vanilla Fudge Room’ chapter published in 2014. First published with Quentin Blake’s illustrations in 1995. 2013 re-issue, with illustrations in black & white by Quentin Blake. ![]() Roald Dahl himself gave a clue as to why this chapter was eventually removed: ‘The trouble, though … was that I liked writing about beastly children so much that I couldn’t stop … I knew I had to throw out all except four of them. Mr Willy Wonka, the most wondrous inventor in the world, is opening the gates to his factory for five lucky children. ![]() The Vanilla Fudge Room appears in an unpublished draft of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory notably here, the fudge is mined by men rather than Oompa-Loompas, for Dahl had not yet created the tiny people from Loompaland, Charlie Bucket is accompanied by his parents instead of Grandpa Joe, and there are more than just the five Golden Ticket winners we are familiar with. Illustrating ‘The Vanilla Fudge Room’, a previously unseen chapter from one of Roald Dahl’s early drafts for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, published in 2014 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the book. ![]()
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