Lamb to the slaughter

La vengeance est un plat qui se mange tout droit sorti du four Niveau A2-B1 I’m reading, la collection pour développer le goût de lire un texte intégral en anglais • Une nouvelle incontournable de la littérature du monde anglophone Une thématique actuelle et engageante pour les élèves • Une séquence complète couvrant toutes les activités langagières Une mise en œuvre progressive calibrée sur 8 séances maxi • Des notes de traduction et des aides dans les marges Pour guider les élèves et…

The late Roald Dahl (1916-1990) not only wrote highly acclaimed novels like Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Matilda etc, but he also wrote contriving short stories; one of which was The Lamb of Slaughter. I read a series of his short stories as part of my Literature syllabus in high school a couple of years back. Just yesterday, this particular story popped into my head & i had this maddening urge to re-read it. This is for those (like me) who enjoy the occasional black humour & in my…

(via Coffee coffee and more coffee: Coffee Break) Jean Arthur and Ronald Colman in Talk of the Town (George Stevens - 1942)

There's nothing scarier than having someone you love turn on you. For author D.W. Gibson, that someone was Roald Dahl, who, in addition to children's books, wrote short stories that are truly terrifying. Is there a book that haunts your dreams? Tell us about it in the comments.

Illustrations for Roald Dahl's short story, 'Lamb to the Slaughter'.

Barbara Bel Geddes on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, episode "Lamb to the Slaughter". She is a wife who murders her husband with a leg of lamb, then serves it to the police.

Scene illustration of Roald Dahl´s tale "Lamb to the Slaughter"

The Leg of Lamb is a scary short story about a woman who murders her husband. It is based on an old episode of the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents called "Lamb to the Slaughter" which, in turn, is based on a Roald Dahl story. Mary Moloney was waiting for her husband. He usually got