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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
First US edition
Author
Roald Dahl
Illustrators
Joseph Schindelman (first and revised US editions)
Faith Jaques
(first UK edition)
Michael Foreman
(1985 edition)
Quentin Blake
(1995 edition)
Language
English
Genre
Children's
fantasy novel
Publisher
George Allen & Unwin
(original)
Puffin Books
(1995–2006)
Scholastic
(current)
Publication date
17 January 1964 (US version)
23 November 1964 (UK version)
Publication place
United Kingdom
Pages
192
OCLC
9318922
Followed by
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
is a 1964
children's novel
by the British writer
Roald Dahl
. It features the adventures of young
Charlie Bucket
inside the chocolate factory of an eccentric chocolatier named
Willy Wonka
.
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1
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The story was originally inspired by Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays at
Repton School
in
Derbyshire
.
Cadbury
would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products.
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2
]
At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and
Rowntree's
were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending
spies
, posing as employees, into the other's factory—inspiring Dahl's idea for the recipe-thieving spies (such as Wonka's rival
Slugworth
) depicted in the book.
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3
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Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story.
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4
]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
is frequently ranked among the most popular works in
children's literature
.
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5
]
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]
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7
]
In 2012 Charlie Bucket brandishing a Golden Ticket appeared on a
Royal Mail
first-class stamp in the UK
.
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8
]
The novel was first published in the US by
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
in 1964 and in the UK by
George Allen & Unwin
11 months later. The book's sequel,
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
, was published in 1972. Dahl planned a third installment in the series, but never finished it.
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9
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The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures:
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
(1971) and
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2005). A standalone film exploring Willy Wonka's origins, simply titled
Wonka
,
was released in 2023. The book has spawned a
media franchise
with multiple video games, theatrical productions and merchandise.
Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his parents and grandparents in a town which is home to the world-famous Wonka's Chocolate Factory. One day, Charlie's bedridden
Grandpa Joe
tells him about
Willy Wonka
, the factory's eccentric owner, and all of his fantastical candies. Rival chocolatiers sent in spies to steal Wonka's recipes, forcing him to close the factory and disappear. Wonka reopened the factory years later, but the gates remain locked, and nobody knows who is providing the factory with its workforce because no people are seen going out or coming in.
The next day, the newspaper announces that Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets in
Wonka Bars
; the finders of these tickets will be invited to a tour of the factory. The first four tickets are found by gluttonous
Augustus Gloop
, spoilt
Veruca Salt
, the compulsive gum-chewer
Violet Beauregarde
, and the television addict
Mike Teavee
. During the mad rush to find the Golden Tickets, Charlie's attempts to find a Golden Ticket fail: on the first try, on Charlie's birthday, his parents give him a Wonka bar (his usual birthday present) that turns out nothing; on the second try, with encouragement from Grandpa Joe, Charlie buys another Wonka bar using some of Grandpa Joe's secret savings, but that too yields no ticket. On another instance, several days after his father loses his job at a toothpaste factory that closes, Charlie buys two Wonka Bars with some money he found in the snow. When he opens the second bar, Charlie discovers that it contains the fifth and final ticket. Later, on hearing the news, Grandpa Joe suddenly regains his mobility and volunteers to accompany Charlie to the factory.
On the day of the tour, which is the very next day, Wonka welcomes the five children and the adults inside the factory, a wonderland of confectionery creations that defy logic. They also meet the
Oompa-Loompas
, a race of impish humanoids who help him operate the factory as thanks for him rescuing them from a land of dangerous monsters and with his promise to provide them with cocoa beans. During the tour, the four other children give in to their respective impulses and are ejected from the tour in darkly comical ways: Augustus falls into the Chocolate River and he's sucked up by a pipe, Violet turns blue while inflating into a giant human blueberry after chewing an experimental stick of three-course dinner gum ending with a blueberry pie flavour, Veruca and her parents fall down a rubbish chute after she tries to capture one of the nut-testing squirrels, and Mike is shrunk after misusing a machine that sends chocolate by television — all despite Wonka's warnings. The Oompa-Loompas sing about the children's misbehaviour each time disaster strikes.
With only Charlie remaining, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. Wonka explains that the whole tour was secretly designed to help him find a worthy heir to his business, and Charlie was the only child whose innocence and good nature passed the test. They ride the Great Glass Elevator and watch Augustus, Violet, Veruca, Mike and all their parents leave the factory by boarding trucks loaded to the brim with Wonka products (as promised in the Golden Tickets) before flying to Charlie's house, where Wonka invites the entire Bucket family to come and live with him inside his factory.
Race, editing, and censorship
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Dahl's widow said that Charlie was originally written as "a little black boy." Dahl's biographer said the change to a white character was driven by Dahl's agent, who thought a black Charlie would not appeal to readers.
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]
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11
]
In the first published edition, the Oompa-Loompas were described as
African pygmies
, and were drawn this way in the original printed edition.
[
10
]
After the announcement of a film adaptation sparked a statement from the American group
NAACP
, which expressed concern that the transportation of Oompa-Loompas to Wonka's factory resembled slavery, Dahl found himself sympathising with their concerns and published a revised edition.
[
10
]
In this edition, as well as the subsequent sequel, the Oompa-Loompas were drawn as being white and appearing similar to
hippies
, and the references to Africa were deleted.
[
10
]
In 2023 the publisher
Puffin
made more than eighty additional changes to the original text of the book, such as: removing every occurrence of the word
fat
(including referring to Augustus Gloop as "enormous" rather than "enormously fat" and greatly changing the words of his song); removing most references to the Oompa-Loompa's diminutive size and physical appearance and omitting descriptions of them living in trees and wearing deerskins and leaves; removing or changing the words
mad
,
crazy
and
queer
; omitting many references to Mike Teavee's toy guns; and removing references to corporal punishment (such as changing "She needs a really good spanking" to "She needs a really good talking to" and "She wants a good kick in the pants" to "She needs to learn some manners").
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1964 text
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1973 revised text
2023 text
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13
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'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!'
Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply,
click, click, click,
three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.
The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was almost pure black, and the top of his fuzzy head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.
'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man.
'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!'
Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply,
click, click, click,
three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.
The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was rosy-white, his hair was golden brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.
'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man.
'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!'
An Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.
'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the man.
Various unused and draft material from Dahl's early versions of the novel have been found. In the initial, unpublished drafts of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, nine golden tickets were distributed to tour Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory
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15
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and the children faced more rooms and more temptations to test their self-control.
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]
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Some of the names of the children cut from the final work include:
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Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper (who overindulge in
Warming Candies
)
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]
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]
Elvira Entwhistle (lost down a rubbish chute, renamed Veruca Salt)
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15
]
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]
Violet Glockenberry (renamed Strabismus and finally Beauregarde)
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15
]
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]
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Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle (lost up a chocolate pipe, combined into the character Augustus Gloop)
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15
]
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18
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Miranda Mary Piker (renamed from Miranda Grope, became the subject of
Spotty Powder
)
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20
]
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21
]
Marvin Prune (a conceited boy involved in
The Children's-Delight Room
)
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17
]
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21
]
Wilbur Rice and Tommy Troutbeck, the subjects of
The Vanilla Fudge Room
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15
]
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18
]
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Herpes Trout (renamed Mike Teavee)
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]
"Spotty Powder" was first published as a short story in 1973.
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]
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]
In 1998, it was included in the children's horror anthology
Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream
edited by Peter Haining. The brief note before the story described the story as having been left out of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
due to an already brimming number of misbehaving children characters in the tale. In 2005,
The Times
reprinted "Spotty Powder" as a "lost" chapter, saying that it had been found in Dahl's desk, written backwards in
mirror writing
(the same way that
Leonardo da Vinci
wrote in his journals).
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16
]
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]
Spotty Powder looks and tastes like sugar, but causes bright red pox-like spots to appear on faces and necks five seconds after ingestion, so children who eat Spotty Powder do not have to go to school. The spots fade on their own a few hours later. After learning the purpose of Spotty Powder, the humourless, smug Miranda Piker and her equally humourless father (a schoolmaster) are enraged and disappear into the Spotty Powder room to sabotage the machine. Soon after entering, they are heard making what Mrs. Piker interprets as screams. Mr. Wonka assures her (after making a brief joke where he claims that headmasters are one of the occasional ingredients) that it is only laughter. Exactly what happens to them is not revealed in the extract.
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15
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In an early draft, sometime after being renamed from Miranda Grope to Miranda Piker, but before "Spotty Powder" was written, she falls down the chocolate waterfall and ends up in the Peanut-Brittle Mixer. This results in the "rude and disobedient little kid" becoming "quite delicious."
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]
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]
This early draft poem was slightly rewritten as an Oompa-Loompa song in the lost chapter, which now puts her in the "Spotty-Powder mixer" and instead of being "crunchy and ... good [peanut brittle]" she is now "useful [for
truancy
] and ... good."
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16
]
"The Vanilla Fudge Room"
[
edit
]
In 2014
The Guardian
revealed that Dahl had removed another chapter ("The Vanilla Fudge Room") from an early draft of the book.
The Guardian
reported the now-eliminated passage was "deemed too wild, subversive and insufficiently moral for the tender minds of British children almost fifty years ago."
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15
]
In what was originally chapter five in that version of the book, Charlie goes to the factory with his mother instead of Grandpa Joe as originally published. At this point, the chocolate factory tour is down to eight children,
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including Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice. After the entire group climbs to the top of the titular fudge mountain, eating vanilla fudge along the way, Troutbeck and Rice decide to take a ride on the wagons carrying away chunks of fudge. The wagons take them directly to the Pounding And Cutting Room, where the fudge is reformed and sliced into small squares for retail sale. Wonka states the machine is equipped with "a large
wire strainer
... which is used specially for catching children before they fall into the machine" adding that "It always catches them. At least it always has up to now."
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22
]
The chapter dates back to an early draft with ten golden tickets, including one each for Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle, who fell into the chocolate river prior to the events of "Fudge Mountain".
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15
]
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Augustus Pottle was routed to the Chocolate Fudge Room, not the Vanilla Fudge Room explored in this chapter,
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22
]
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and Miranda Grope ended up in the Fruit and Nuts Room.
"The Warming Candy Room"
[
edit
]
Also in 2014,
Vanity Fair
published a plot summary of "The Warming Candy Room", wherein three boys eat too many "warming candies" and end up "bursting with heat."
[
28
]
The Warming Candy Room is dominated by a boiler, which heats a scarlet liquid. The liquid is dispensed one drop at a time, where it cools and forms a hard shell, storing the heat and "by a magic process ... the hot heat changes into an amazing thing called 'cold heat.'" After eating a single warming candy, one could stand naked in the snow comfortably. This meets predictable disbelief from Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper, who proceed to eat at least 100 warming candies each, resulting in profuse perspiration. The three boys and their families discontinue the tour after they are taken to cool off "in the large refrigerator for a few hours."
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19
]
"The Children's-Delight Room"
[
edit
]
Dahl originally planned for a child called Marvin Prune to be included. He submitted the excised chapter regarding Prune to
The Horn Book Review
in the early 1970s.
[
29
]
Rather than publish the chapter,
Horn Book
responded with a critical essay by the children's author
Eleanor Cameron
, who called
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“one of the most tasteless books ever written for children”.
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30
]
Costumes of
Willy Wonka
(from Roald Dahl's
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
), and the
Hatter
(from Lewis Carroll's
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books.
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7
]
In a 2006 list for the
Royal Society of Literature
, the author
J. K. Rowling
named
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
among her top ten books that every child should read.
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31
]
A fan of the book since childhood, the film director
Tim Burton
wrote: "I responded to
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
because it respected the fact that children can be adults."
[
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]
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]
A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-grade pupils in schools in
San Diego County, California
, US.
[
34
]
A 2012 survey by the
University of Worcester
determined that it was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
,
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
and
The Wind in the Willows
.
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35
]
Groups who have praised the book include:
New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (US, 1972)
Surrey School Award (UK, 1973)
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36
]
Read Aloud
BILBY Award
(Australia, 1992)
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]
Millennium Children's Book Award (UK, 2000)
The Big Read
, ranked number 35 in a
BBC
survey of the British public to identify the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" (UK, 2003)
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38
]
National Education Association
, listed as one of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a poll (US, 2007)
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39
]
School Library Journal
, ranked 61 among all-time children's novels (US, 2012)
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40
]
In the 2012 survey published by
SLJ
, a monthly with primarily US audience,
Charlie
was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer.
[
40
]
Time
magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time; it was one of three Dahl novels on the list, more than any other author.
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]
In 2016 the novel topped the list of
Amazon
's best-selling children's books by Dahl in Print and on
Kindle
.
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]
In 2023 the novel was ranked by
BBC
at no. 18 in their poll of "The 100 greatest children's books of all time".
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]
Although the book has always been popular and considered a
children's classic
by many literary critics, a number of prominent individuals have spoken unfavourably of the novel over the years.
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]
The children's novelist and literary historian
John Rowe Townsend
has described the book as "fantasy of an almost literally nauseating kind" and accused it of "astonishing insensitivity" regarding the original portrayal of the
Oompa-Loompas
as African black
pygmies
, although Dahl did revise this in later editions.
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]
Another novelist,
Eleanor Cameron
, compared the book to the sweets that form its subject matter, commenting that it is "delectable and soothing while we are undergoing the brief sensory pleasure it affords but leaves us poorly nourished with our taste dulled for better fare."
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30
]
Ursula K. Le Guin
wrote in support of this assessment in a letter to
The Horn Book Review
, saying that her own daughter would turn "quite nasty" upon finishing the book.
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]
Dahl responded to Cameron's criticisms by noting that the classics that she had cited would not be well received by contemporary children.
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]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
has frequently been adapted for other media, including games, radio, the screen,
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]
and stage, most often as plays or musicals for children – often titled
Willy Wonka
or
Willy Wonka, Jr
and almost always featuring musical numbers by all the main characters (Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Violet, Veruca, etc.); many of the songs are revised versions from the 1971 film.
The book was first made into a feature film as a
musical
, titled
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
(1971), directed by
Mel Stuart
, produced by
David L. Wolper
, and starring
Gene Wilder
as
Willy Wonka
, character actor
Jack Albertson
as
Grandpa Joe
and
Peter Ostrum
as Charlie Bucket, with music by
Leslie Bricusse
and
Anthony Newley
. Dahl was credited for writing the screenplay, but
David Seltzer
was brought in by Stuart and Wolper to make changes against Dahl's wishes, leaving his original adaptation, in one critic's opinion, "scarcely detectable".
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49
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Amongst other things, Dahl was unhappy with the foregrounding of Wonka over Charlie, and disliked the musical score. Because of this, Dahl disowned the film.
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49
]
The film had an estimated budget of US$2.9 million but grossed only $4 million and was considered a box-office disappointment, though it received positive reviews from critics. Home video and DVD sales, as well as repeated television airings, resulted in the film subsequently becoming a
cult classic
.
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Concurrently with the 1971 film, the
Quaker Oats Company
introduced a line of
sweets
whose marketing uses the book's characters and imagery.
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]
Golden Ticket from the 2005 film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
on display at a convention in Spain
Warner Bros.
and the Dahl estate reached an agreement in 1998 to produce another film version of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, with the Dahl family receiving total artistic control. The project languished in
development hell
until
Tim Burton
signed on to direct in 2003. The film, titled
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, stars
Johnny Depp
as Willy Wonka. It was released in 2005 to positive reviews and massive box office returns, becoming the
eighth-highest-grossing film of the year
.
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]
In October 2016
Variety
reported that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the Willy Wonka character from the Roald Dahl Estate and would be planning a new film centred on him with
David Heyman
producing.
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]
In February 2018
Paul King
entered final negotiations to direct the film.
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54
]
In May 2021, it was reported that the film would be a musical titled
Wonka
, with
Timothée Chalamet
playing a younger version of Wonka in an
origin story
.
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]
King was confirmed as director and co-writer along with the comedian
Simon Farnaby
; the film was released globally in December 2023.
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56
]
In 1983 the BBC produced an adaptation for
Radio 4
. Titled
Charlie
, it aired in seven episodes between 6 February and 20 March.
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In 1983 a
miniseries
titled
Kalle Och Chokladfabriken
was aired on Swedish television. The series consisted of highly detailed static illustrations that were accompanied by an unseen narrator reading an adapted translation of the novel, in a manner similar to the BBC television series
Jackanory
.
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58
]
In 1985 the
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
video game
was released for the
ZX Spectrum
by the developer Soft Options and the publisher Hill MacGibbon.
A loose Russian translation of the "Miss Bigelow" song was adapted as a short cartoon in 1995, part of the
Happy Merry-Go-Round
series
[
59
]
A video game,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, based on Burton's adaptation, was released on 11 July 2005.
On 1 April 2006 the British theme park
Alton Towers
opened a
family attraction themed around the story
. The ride featured a boat section, where guests travel around the chocolate factory in bright pink boats on a chocolate river. In the final stage of the ride, guests enter one of two glass
lifts
, where they join Willy Wonka as they travel round the factory, eventually shooting up and out through the glass roof.
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Running for nine years, the ride was closed for good at the end of the 2015 season.
The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called
The Golden Ticket
. It was written by the American composer Peter Ash and the British
librettist
Donald Sturrock.
The Golden Ticket
has completely original music and was commissioned by
American Lyric Theater
, Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director) and
Felicity Dahl
. The opera received its world premiere at the
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
on 13 June 2010, in a co-production with American Lyric Theater and
Wexford Festival Opera
.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
musical playing at
Drury Lane
in the
West End
of London in 2013
A musical based on the novel, titled
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
, premiered at the
West End
's
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June.
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62
]
The show was directed by
Sam Mendes
, with new songs by
Marc Shaiman
and
Scott Wittman
, and stars
Douglas Hodge
as Willy Wonka.
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The production broke records for weekly ticket sales.
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]
In July 2017 an animated film
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
was released in which the
titular cat and mouse
were put into the story of the 1971 film.
On 27 November 2018
Netflix
was revealed to be developing an "animated series event" based on Roald Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
and the novel's sequel
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
.
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On 5 March 2020 it was reported that
Taika Waititi
will write, direct, and executive-produce both the series and a spin-off animated series focused on the Oompa Loompas.
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In 2021 the Melbourne-based comedians Big Big Big released a six part podcast called
The Candyman
that satirically presents events at the chocolate factory in a
true crime
genre.
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]
An unlicensed attraction, "
Willy's Chocolate Experience
", opened on 24 February 2024 in
Glasgow
, and closed within a day. The event was advertised using highly misleading AI-generated artwork, promising features such as "an enchanted garden, an Imagination Lab, a Twilight Tunnel, and captivating entertainment", though instead contained a low-effort mock-up of a chocolate factory in a mostly empty warehouse.
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The event spawned many
internet memes
, and featured factory tours offered by several actors playing Willy Wonka, that involved a story in which Wonka would defeat an "evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls" called "The Unknown". According to the actor Paul Connell, who portrayed Willy Wonka in the tours, his script contained "15 pages of AI-generated gibberish".
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Despite the high entrance fee and promised chocolate theme of the event, guests were only given a single jellybean and a cup of lemonade, and the misleading advertisements led to the police being called to the event shortly prior to it being shut down.
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On 27 November 2018
Netflix
and The Roald Dahl Story Company jointly announced that Netflix would be producing an animated series based on Dahl's books, including
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
,
Matilda
,
The BFG
,
The Twits
and other titles. Production commenced on the first of the Netflix Dahl animated series in 2019.
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On 5 March 2020
Variety
announced that
Taika Waititi
was partnering with Netflix on a pair of animated series – one based on the world of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
and another based on the Oompa-Loompa characters. "The shows will retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time," Netflix said.
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On 23 February 2022
Mikros Animation
revealed that they would be producing a new collaboration with Netflix. The collaboration was announced as
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
. The long-format animated event series is based on the 1964 novel and is written, directed and executive produced by Waititi.
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The book has been recorded a number of times:
Dahl himself narrated an abridged version of the book in 1975 for
Caedmon Records
(CDL 51476).
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In 2002 the former
Monty Python
member
Eric Idle
narrated the audiobook version of the American Edition of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
on
Harper Childrens Audio
(
ISBN
978-0060852801
).
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In 2004
James Bolam
narrated an abridged recording of the story for
Puffin Audiobooks
(
ISBN
0-14-086818-6
).
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]
Douglas Hodge
, who played Willy Wonka in the London production of the
stage musical
,
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79
]
narrated the UK Edition of the audiobook for
Penguin Audio
in 2013 (
ISBN
978-0141370293
), and the title was later released on
Audible
.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
has undergone numerous editions and been illustrated by numerous artists.
[
81
]
1964, OCLC 9318922 (hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., original, first US edition, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
1967,
ISBN
9783125737600
(hardcover, George Allen & Unwin, original, first UK edition, illustrated by Faith Jaques)
1973,
ISBN
0-394-81011-2
(hardcover, revised Oompa Loompa edition)
1976,
ISBN
0-87129-220-3
(paperback)
1980,
ISBN
0-553-15097-9
(paperback, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
1984,
ISBN
0-1403-0599-8
(UK paperback, illustrated by
Faith Jaques
)
1985,
ISBN
0-14-031824-0
(paperback, illustrated by
Michael Foreman
)
1987,
ISBN
1-85089-902-9
(hardcover)
1988,
ISBN
0-606-04032-3
(
prebound
)
1992,
ISBN
0-89966-904-2
(
library binding
, reprint)
1995 (illustrated by
Quentin Blake
)
1998,
ISBN
0-14-130115-5
(paperback)
2001,
ISBN
0-375-81526-0
(hardcover)
2001,
ISBN
0-14-131130-4
(illustrated by
Quentin Blake
)
2002,
ISBN
0-060-51065-X
(audio CD read by
Eric Idle
)
2003,
ISBN
0-375-91526-5
(library binding)
2004,
ISBN
0-14-240108-0
(paperback)
ISBN
0-8488-2241-2
(hardcover)
2011,
ISBN
978-0-14-310633-3
(paperback), Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, cover by
Ivan Brunetti
2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Modern Classics, 50th anniversary edition)
2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Puffin celebratory golden edition, illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake)
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]
2014, (double-cover paperback)
[
82
]
50th anniversary cover controversy
[
edit
]
The cover photo of the 50th anniversary edition, published by
Penguin Modern Classics
for sale in the UK and aimed at the adult market, received widespread commentary and criticism.
[
83
]
The cover is a photo of a heavily made up young girl seated on her mother's knee and wearing a doll-like expression, taken by the photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello as part of a photo shoot for a French magazine, for a 2008 fashion article titled "Mommie Dearest."
[
82
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84
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In addition to writing that "the image seemingly has little to do with the beloved children's classic",
[
85
]
reviewers and commentators in social media (such as posters on the publisher's Facebook page) have said the art evokes
Lolita
,
Valley of the Dolls
, and
JonBenet Ramsey
; looks like a scene from
Toddlers & Tiaras
; and is "misleading," "creepy," "sexualised," "grotesque," "misjudged on every level," "distasteful and disrespectful to a gifted author and his work," "pretentious," "trashy", "outright inappropriate," "terrifying," "really obnoxious," and "weird & kind of paedophilic."
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]
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The publisher explained its objective in a blog post accompanying the announcement about the jacket art: "This new image . . . looks at the children at the center of the story, and highlights the way Roald Dahl's writing manages to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of life."
[
88
]
Additionally, Penguin Press's Helen Conford told the Bookseller: "We wanted something that spoke about the other qualities in the book. It's a children's story that also steps outside children's and people aren't used to seeing Dahl in that way." She continued: "[There is] a lot of ill feeling about it, I think because it's such a treasured book and a book which isn't really a 'crossover book'" As she acknowledged: "People want it to remain as a children's book."
The New Yorker
describes what it calls this "strangely but tellingly misbegotten" cover design thusly: "The image is a photograph, taken from a French fashion shoot, of a glassy-eyed, heavily made-up little girl. Behind her sits, a mother figure, stiff and coiffed, casting an ominous shadow. The girl, with her long, perfectly waved
platinum-blond
hair and her pink
feather boa
, looks like a pretty and inert doll—" The article continues: "And if the
Stepford daughter
on the cover is meant to remind us of Veruca Salt or Violet Beauregarde, she doesn't: those badly behaved squirts are bubbling over with rude life." Moreover, writes Talbot, "The Modern Classics cover has not a whiff of this validation of childish imagination; instead, it seems to imply a deviant adult audience."
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# *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
49 languages
- [العربية](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A9_\(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9\) "تشارلي ومصنع الشوكولاتة (رواية) – Arabic")
- [Azərbaycanca](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87arli_v%C9%99_%C5%9Fokolad_fabriki_\(roman\) "Çarli və şokolad fabriki (roman) – Azerbaijani")
- [Беларуская (тарашкевіца)](https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96_%D1%96_%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0 "Чарлі і шакалядная фабрыка – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)")
- [Български](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0 "Чарли и шоколадовата фабрика – Bulgarian")
- [বাংলা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_\(%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8\) "চার্লি অ্যান্ড দ্য চকলেট ফ্যাক্টরি (উপন্যাস) – Bangla")
- [Català](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_i_la_f%C3%A0brica_de_xocolata "Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata – Catalan")
- [Čeština](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%C3%ADk_a_tov%C3%A1rna_na_%C4%8Dokol%C3%A1du "Karlík a továrna na čokoládu – Czech")
- [Cymraeg](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_a%27r_Ffatri_Siocled "Charlie a'r Ffatri Siocled – Welsh")
- [Dansk](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_og_chokoladefabrikken_\(roman\) "Charlie og chokoladefabrikken (roman) – Danish")
- [Deutsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_und_die_Schokoladenfabrik "Charlie und die Schokoladenfabrik – German")
- [Ελληνικά](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F_%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B9_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF_%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BF_%CE%A3%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%82 "Ο Τσάρλι και το Εργοστάσιο Σοκολάτας – Greek")
- [Español](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_y_la_f%C3%A1brica_de_chocolate "Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate – Spanish")
- [Eesti](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_ja_%C5%A1okolaadivabrik "Charlie ja šokolaadivabrik – Estonian")
- [Euskara](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_eta_txokolate-lantegia "Charlie eta txokolate-lantegia – Basque")
- [فارسی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87_%D8%B4%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_\(%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86\) "چارلی و کارخانه شکلاتسازی (رمان) – Persian")
- [Suomi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jali_ja_suklaatehdas "Jali ja suklaatehdas – Finnish")
- [Français](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_et_la_Chocolaterie "Charlie et la Chocolaterie – French")
- [Gaeilge](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_agus_Monarcha_na_Seacl%C3%A1ide "Charlie agus Monarcha na Seacláide – Irish")
- [Galego](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_e_a_f%C3%A1brica_de_chocolate "Charlie e a fábrica de chocolate – Galician")
- [עברית](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%94 "צ'ארלי והשוקולדה – Hebrew")
- [हिन्दी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80 "चार्ली एंड द चॉकलेट फैक्ट्री – Hindi")
- [Magyar](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karcsi_%C3%A9s_a_csokol%C3%A1d%C3%A9gy%C3%A1r "Karcsi és a csokoládégyár – Hungarian")
- [Հայերեն](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%89%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D6%87_%D5%B7%D5%B8%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%AB_%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A8_\(%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%AF\) "Չարլին և շոկոլադի գործարանը (վիպակ) – Armenian")
- [Bahasa Indonesia](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_dan_Pabrik_Cokelat_Ajaib "Charlie dan Pabrik Cokelat Ajaib – Indonesian")
- [Italiano](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_fabbrica_di_cioccolato_\(romanzo\) "La fabbrica di cioccolato (romanzo) – Italian")
- [日本語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E5%B7%A5%E5%A0%B4%E3%81%AE%E7%A7%98%E5%AF%86 "チョコレート工場の秘密 – Japanese")
- [Jawa](https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_And_The_Chocolate_Factory "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Javanese")
- [한국어](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B0%B0%EB%A6%AC%EC%99%80_%EC%B4%88%EC%BD%9C%EB%A6%BF_%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%A5 "찰리와 초콜릿 공장 – Korean")
- [Kurdî](https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_%C3%BB_febr%C3%AEqeya_%C3%A7%C3%AEkolatan_\(pirt%C3%BBk\) "Charlie û febrîqeya çîkolatan (pirtûk) – Kurdish")
- [Кыргызча](https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B "Чарли жана шоколад фабрикасы – Kyrgyz")
- [Latviešu](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8C%C4%81rlijs_un_%C5%A1okol%C4%81des_fabrika "Čārlijs un šokolādes fabrika – Latvian")
- [Македонски](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE "Чарли и фабриката за чоколадо – Macedonian")
- [മലയാളം](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A6_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%AB%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF "ചാർളി ആൻഡ് ദ ചോക്കളേറ്റ് ഫാക്ടറി – Malayalam")
- [Bahasa Melayu](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Malay")
- [Nederlands](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sjakie_en_de_chocoladefabriek "Sjakie en de chocoladefabriek – Dutch")
- [Norsk bokmål](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_og_sjokoladefabrikken "Charlie og sjokoladefabrikken – Norwegian Bokmål")
- [Polski](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_i_fabryka_czekolady "Charlie i fabryka czekolady – Polish")
- [Português](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Portuguese")
- [Română](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabrica_de_ciocolat%C4%83_a_lui_Charlie "Fabrica de ciocolată a lui Charlie – Romanian")
- [Русский](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_\(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C\) "Чарли и шоколадная фабрика (повесть) – Russian")
- [Simple English](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Simple English")
- [Shqip](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87arli_dhe_fabrika_e_%C3%A7okollatave "Çarli dhe fabrika e çokollatave – Albanian")
- [Српски / srpski](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%B8_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%87%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5 "Чарли и фабрика чоколаде – Serbian")
- [Svenska](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalle_och_chokladfabriken "Kalle och chokladfabriken – Swedish")
- [Türkçe](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%27nin_%C3%87ikolata_Fabrikas%C4%B1 "Charlie'nin Çikolata Fabrikası – Turkish")
- [Українська](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%96_%D1%96_%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0 "Чарлі і шоколадна фабрика – Ukrainian")
- [Tiếng Việt](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_v%C3%A0_nh%C3%A0_m%C3%A1y_s%C3%B4c%C3%B4la "Charlie và nhà máy sôcôla – Vietnamese")
- [粵語](https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E7%90%86%E5%90%8C%E6%9C%B1%E5%8F%A4%E5%8A%9B%E5%BB%A0 "查理同朱古力廠 – Cantonese")
- [中文](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%A5%E7%90%86%E8%88%87%E5%B7%A7%E5%85%8B%E5%8A%9B%E5%B7%A5%E5%BB%A0 "查理與巧克力工廠 – Chinese")
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1964 children's novel by Roald Dahl
This article is about the novel. For other uses, see [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (disambiguation)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(disambiguation\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (disambiguation)").
"Mr. and Mrs. Bucket" redirects here. For the board game, see [Mr. Bucket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bucket "Mr. Bucket").
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|---|---|
| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(1964\)_front_cover,_first_US_edition.jpg)First US edition | |
| Author | [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") |
| Illustrators | Joseph Schindelman (first and revised US editions) [Faith Jaques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Jaques "Faith Jaques") (first UK edition) [Michael Foreman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman_\(author/illustrator\) "Michael Foreman (author/illustrator)") (1985 edition) [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake") (1995 edition) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | [Children's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") [fantasy novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_novel "Fantasy novel") |
| Publisher | [George Allen & Unwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_%26_Unwin "George Allen & Unwin") (original) [Puffin Books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") (1995–2006) [Scholastic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_Corporation "Scholastic Corporation") (current) |
| Publication date | 17 January 1964 (US version) 23 November 1964 (UK version) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 192 |
| [OCLC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC_\(identifier\) "OCLC (identifier)") | [9318922](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9318922) |
| Followed by | *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")* |
***Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*** is a 1964 [children's novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") by the British writer [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl"). It features the adventures of young [Charlie Bucket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bucket#Charlie_Bucket "Charlie Bucket") inside the chocolate factory of an eccentric chocolatier named [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-1)
The story was originally inspired by Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays at [Repton School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_School "Repton School") in [Derbyshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire "Derbyshire"). [Cadbury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury "Cadbury") would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-2) At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and [Rowntree's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowntree%27s "Rowntree's") were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending [spies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage "Industrial espionage"), posing as employees, into the other's factory—inspiring Dahl's idea for the recipe-thieving spies (such as Wonka's rival [Slugworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_characters#Arthur_Slugworth "List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters")) depicted in the book.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-3) Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-4)
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* is frequently ranked among the most popular works in [children's literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature#United_Kingdom "Children's literature").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Argus-7) In 2012 Charlie Bucket brandishing a Golden Ticket appeared on a [Royal Mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail "Royal Mail") [first-class stamp in the UK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_commemorative_stamps_2010%E2%80%932019#2012 "Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-8) The novel was first published in the US by [Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf,_Inc. "Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.") in 1964 and in the UK by [George Allen & Unwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_%26_Unwin "George Allen & Unwin") 11 months later. The book's sequel, *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")*, was published in 1972. Dahl planned a third installment in the series, but never finished it.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-9)
The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971) and *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* (2005). A standalone film exploring Willy Wonka's origins, simply titled *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)"),* was released in 2023. The book has spawned a [media franchise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(franchise\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)") with multiple video games, theatrical productions and merchandise.
## Plot
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Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his parents and grandparents in a town which is home to the world-famous Wonka's Chocolate Factory. One day, Charlie's bedridden [Grandpa Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_Joe "Grandpa Joe") tells him about [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka"), the factory's eccentric owner, and all of his fantastical candies. Rival chocolatiers sent in spies to steal Wonka's recipes, forcing him to close the factory and disappear. Wonka reopened the factory years later, but the gates remain locked, and nobody knows who is providing the factory with its workforce because no people are seen going out or coming in.
The next day, the newspaper announces that Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets in [Wonka Bars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_Bar "Wonka Bar"); the finders of these tickets will be invited to a tour of the factory. The first four tickets are found by gluttonous [Augustus Gloop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Gloop "Augustus Gloop"), spoilt [Veruca Salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt_\(character\) "Veruca Salt (character)"), the compulsive gum-chewer [Violet Beauregarde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Beauregarde "Violet Beauregarde"), and the television addict [Mike Teavee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Teavee "Mike Teavee"). During the mad rush to find the Golden Tickets, Charlie's attempts to find a Golden Ticket fail: on the first try, on Charlie's birthday, his parents give him a Wonka bar (his usual birthday present) that turns out nothing; on the second try, with encouragement from Grandpa Joe, Charlie buys another Wonka bar using some of Grandpa Joe's secret savings, but that too yields no ticket. On another instance, several days after his father loses his job at a toothpaste factory that closes, Charlie buys two Wonka Bars with some money he found in the snow. When he opens the second bar, Charlie discovers that it contains the fifth and final ticket. Later, on hearing the news, Grandpa Joe suddenly regains his mobility and volunteers to accompany Charlie to the factory.
On the day of the tour, which is the very next day, Wonka welcomes the five children and the adults inside the factory, a wonderland of confectionery creations that defy logic. They also meet the [Oompa-Loompas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oompa-Loompas "Oompa-Loompas"), a race of impish humanoids who help him operate the factory as thanks for him rescuing them from a land of dangerous monsters and with his promise to provide them with cocoa beans. During the tour, the four other children give in to their respective impulses and are ejected from the tour in darkly comical ways: Augustus falls into the Chocolate River and he's sucked up by a pipe, Violet turns blue while inflating into a giant human blueberry after chewing an experimental stick of three-course dinner gum ending with a blueberry pie flavour, Veruca and her parents fall down a rubbish chute after she tries to capture one of the nut-testing squirrels, and Mike is shrunk after misusing a machine that sends chocolate by television — all despite Wonka's warnings. The Oompa-Loompas sing about the children's misbehaviour each time disaster strikes.
With only Charlie remaining, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. Wonka explains that the whole tour was secretly designed to help him find a worthy heir to his business, and Charlie was the only child whose innocence and good nature passed the test. They ride the Great Glass Elevator and watch Augustus, Violet, Veruca, Mike and all their parents leave the factory by boarding trucks loaded to the brim with Wonka products (as promised in the Golden Tickets) before flying to Charlie's house, where Wonka invites the entire Bucket family to come and live with him inside his factory.
## Characters
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Main article: [List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_characters "List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters")
## Publication
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### Race, editing, and censorship
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See also: [Roald Dahl revision controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_revision_controversy "Roald Dahl revision controversy")
Dahl's widow said that Charlie was originally written as "a little black boy." Dahl's biographer said the change to a white character was driven by Dahl's agent, who thought a black Charlie would not appeal to readers.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-11)
In the first published edition, the Oompa-Loompas were described as [African pygmies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Pygmies "African Pygmies"), and were drawn this way in the original printed edition.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10) After the announcement of a film adaptation sparked a statement from the American group [NAACP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP "NAACP"), which expressed concern that the transportation of Oompa-Loompas to Wonka's factory resembled slavery, Dahl found himself sympathising with their concerns and published a revised edition.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10) In this edition, as well as the subsequent sequel, the Oompa-Loompas were drawn as being white and appearing similar to [hippies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie "Hippie"), and the references to Africa were deleted.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10)
In 2023 the publisher [Puffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") made more than eighty additional changes to the original text of the book, such as: removing every occurrence of the word *fat* (including referring to Augustus Gloop as "enormous" rather than "enormously fat" and greatly changing the words of his song); removing most references to the Oompa-Loompa's diminutive size and physical appearance and omitting descriptions of them living in trees and wearing deerskins and leaves; removing or changing the words *mad*, *crazy* and *queer*; omitting many references to Mike Teavee's toy guns; and removing references to corporal punishment (such as changing "She needs a really good spanking" to "She needs a really good talking to" and "She wants a good kick in the pants" to "She needs to learn some manners").[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Telegraph-13)
| 1964 text[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-14) | 1973 revised text | 2023 text[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Telegraph-13) |
|---|---|---|
| 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, *click, click, click,* three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was almost pure black, and the top of his fuzzy head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man. | 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, *click, click, click,* three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was rosy-white, his hair was golden brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man. | 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' An Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the man. |
### Unused chapters
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Various unused and draft material from Dahl's early versions of the novel have been found. In the initial, unpublished drafts of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, nine golden tickets were distributed to tour Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15) and the children faced more rooms and more temptations to test their self-control.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16) Some of the names of the children cut from the final work include:[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MissingTicket-17)
- Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper (who overindulge in *Warming Candies*)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-WCR-19)
- Elvira Entwhistle (lost down a rubbish chute, renamed Veruca Salt)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)
- Violet Glockenberry (renamed Strabismus and finally Beauregarde)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)
- Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle (lost up a chocolate pipe, combined into the character Augustus Gloop)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)
- Miranda Mary Piker (renamed from Miranda Grope, became the subject of *Spotty Powder*)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)
- Marvin Prune (a conceited boy involved in *The Children's-Delight Room*)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MissingTicket-17)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)
- Wilbur Rice and Tommy Troutbeck, the subjects of *The Vanilla Fudge Room*[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)
- Herpes Trout (renamed Mike Teavee)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)
#### "Spotty Powder"
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"Spotty Powder" was first published as a short story in 1973.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-23) In 1998, it was included in the children's horror anthology *Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream* edited by Peter Haining. The brief note before the story described the story as having been left out of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* due to an already brimming number of misbehaving children characters in the tale. In 2005, *[The Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times "The Times")* reprinted "Spotty Powder" as a "lost" chapter, saying that it had been found in Dahl's desk, written backwards in [mirror writing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing "Mirror writing") (the same way that [Leonardo da Vinci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci "Leonardo da Vinci") wrote in his journals).[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-24) Spotty Powder looks and tastes like sugar, but causes bright red pox-like spots to appear on faces and necks five seconds after ingestion, so children who eat Spotty Powder do not have to go to school. The spots fade on their own a few hours later. After learning the purpose of Spotty Powder, the humourless, smug Miranda Piker and her equally humourless father (a schoolmaster) are enraged and disappear into the Spotty Powder room to sabotage the machine. Soon after entering, they are heard making what Mrs. Piker interprets as screams. Mr. Wonka assures her (after making a brief joke where he claims that headmasters are one of the occasional ingredients) that it is only laughter. Exactly what happens to them is not revealed in the extract.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)
In an early draft, sometime after being renamed from Miranda Grope to Miranda Piker, but before "Spotty Powder" was written, she falls down the chocolate waterfall and ends up in the Peanut-Brittle Mixer. This results in the "rude and disobedient little kid" becoming "quite delicious."[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-25) This early draft poem was slightly rewritten as an Oompa-Loompa song in the lost chapter, which now puts her in the "Spotty-Powder mixer" and instead of being "crunchy and ... good \[peanut brittle\]" she is now "useful \[for [truancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truancy "Truancy")\] and ... good."[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)
#### "The Vanilla Fudge Room"
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In 2014 *[The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")* revealed that Dahl had removed another chapter ("The Vanilla Fudge Room") from an early draft of the book. *The Guardian* reported the now-eliminated passage was "deemed too wild, subversive and insufficiently moral for the tender minds of British children almost fifty years ago."[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15) In what was originally chapter five in that version of the book, Charlie goes to the factory with his mother instead of Grandpa Joe as originally published. At this point, the chocolate factory tour is down to eight children,[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR2-26) including Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice. After the entire group climbs to the top of the titular fudge mountain, eating vanilla fudge along the way, Troutbeck and Rice decide to take a ride on the wagons carrying away chunks of fudge. The wagons take them directly to the Pounding And Cutting Room, where the fudge is reformed and sliced into small squares for retail sale. Wonka states the machine is equipped with "a large [wire strainer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_strainer "Wire strainer") ... which is used specially for catching children before they fall into the machine" adding that "It always catches them. At least it always has up to now."[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)
The chapter dates back to an early draft with ten golden tickets, including one each for Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle, who fell into the chocolate river prior to the events of "Fudge Mountain".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-27) Augustus Pottle was routed to the Chocolate Fudge Room, not the Vanilla Fudge Room explored in this chapter,[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR2-26) and Miranda Grope ended up in the Fruit and Nuts Room.
#### "The Warming Candy Room"
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Also in 2014, *[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)")* published a plot summary of "The Warming Candy Room", wherein three boys eat too many "warming candies" and end up "bursting with heat."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-28)
The Warming Candy Room is dominated by a boiler, which heats a scarlet liquid. The liquid is dispensed one drop at a time, where it cools and forms a hard shell, storing the heat and "by a magic process ... the hot heat changes into an amazing thing called 'cold heat.'" After eating a single warming candy, one could stand naked in the snow comfortably. This meets predictable disbelief from Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper, who proceed to eat at least 100 warming candies each, resulting in profuse perspiration. The three boys and their families discontinue the tour after they are taken to cool off "in the large refrigerator for a few hours."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-WCR-19)
#### "The Children's-Delight Room"
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Dahl originally planned for a child called Marvin Prune to be included. He submitted the excised chapter regarding Prune to *The Horn Book Review* in the early 1970s.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-29) Rather than publish the chapter, *Horn Book* responded with a critical essay by the children's author [Eleanor Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Cameron "Eleanor Cameron"), who called *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* “one of the most tasteless books ever written for children”.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cameron-30)
## Reception
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Costumes of [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka") (from Roald Dahl's *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*), and the [Hatter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatter_\(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland\) "Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)") (from Lewis Carroll's *[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")*) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Argus-7)
In a 2006 list for the [Royal Society of Literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Literature "Royal Society of Literature"), the author [J. K. Rowling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling "J. K. Rowling") named *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* among her top ten books that every child should read.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-31) A fan of the book since childhood, the film director [Tim Burton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton "Tim Burton") wrote: "I responded to *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* because it respected the fact that children can be adults."[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-33)
A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-grade pupils in schools in [San Diego County, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California "San Diego County, California"), US.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-34) A 2012 survey by the [University of Worcester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Worcester "University of Worcester") determined that it was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after *[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")*, *[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe")* and *[The Wind in the Willows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows "The Wind in the Willows")*.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-35)
Groups who have praised the book include:
- New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (US, 1972)
- Surrey School Award (UK, 1973)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-36)
- Read Aloud [BILBY Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BILBY_Award "BILBY Award") (Australia, 1992)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-37)
- Millennium Children's Book Award (UK, 2000)
- [The Big Read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Read "The Big Read"), ranked number 35 in a [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") survey of the British public to identify the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" (UK, 2003)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-38)
- [National Education Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association "National Education Association"), listed as one of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a poll (US, 2007)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-NEA2007-39)
- *[School Library Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Library_Journal "School Library Journal")*, ranked 61 among all-time children's novels (US, 2012)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-SLJChapter2012-40)
In the 2012 survey published by *SLJ*, a monthly with primarily US audience, *Charlie* was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-SLJChapter2012-40) *[Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_\(magazine\) "Time (magazine)")* magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time; it was one of three Dahl novels on the list, more than any other author.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-41) In 2016 the novel topped the list of [Amazon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com "Amazon.com")'s best-selling children's books by Dahl in Print and on [Kindle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle "Amazon Kindle").[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-42) In 2023 the novel was ranked by [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") at no. 18 in their poll of "The 100 greatest children's books of all time".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-43)
Although the book has always been popular and considered a [children's classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") by many literary critics, a number of prominent individuals have spoken unfavourably of the novel over the years.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cheetham,_Dominic_2%E2%80%933-44) The children's novelist and literary historian [John Rowe Townsend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rowe_Townsend "John Rowe Townsend") has described the book as "fantasy of an almost literally nauseating kind" and accused it of "astonishing insensitivity" regarding the original portrayal of the [Oompa-Loompas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oompa-Loompa "Oompa-Loompa") as African black [pygmies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples "Pygmy peoples"), although Dahl did revise this in later editions.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-45) Another novelist, [Eleanor Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Cameron "Eleanor Cameron"), compared the book to the sweets that form its subject matter, commenting that it is "delectable and soothing while we are undergoing the brief sensory pleasure it affords but leaves us poorly nourished with our taste dulled for better fare."[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cameron-30) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin "Ursula K. Le Guin") wrote in support of this assessment in a letter to *The Horn Book Review*, saying that her own daughter would turn "quite nasty" upon finishing the book.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-46) Dahl responded to Cameron's criticisms by noting that the classics that she had cited would not be well received by contemporary children.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-47)
## Adaptations
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Main article: [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(franchise\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)")
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* has frequently been adapted for other media, including games, radio, the screen,[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-48) and stage, most often as plays or musicals for children – often titled *Willy Wonka* or *Willy Wonka, Jr* and almost always featuring musical numbers by all the main characters (Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Violet, Veruca, etc.); many of the songs are revised versions from the 1971 film.
### Film
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The book was first made into a feature film as a [musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film "Musical film"), titled *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971), directed by [Mel Stuart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Stuart "Mel Stuart"), produced by [David L. Wolper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper "David L. Wolper"), and starring [Gene Wilder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder "Gene Wilder") as [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka"), character actor [Jack Albertson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Albertson "Jack Albertson") as [Grandpa Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_Joe "Grandpa Joe") and [Peter Ostrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ostrum "Peter Ostrum") as Charlie Bucket, with music by [Leslie Bricusse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse "Leslie Bricusse") and [Anthony Newley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Newley "Anthony Newley"). Dahl was credited for writing the screenplay, but [David Seltzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltzer "David Seltzer") was brought in by Stuart and Wolper to make changes against Dahl's wishes, leaving his original adaptation, in one critic's opinion, "scarcely detectable".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-GL-49) Amongst other things, Dahl was unhappy with the foregrounding of Wonka over Charlie, and disliked the musical score. Because of this, Dahl disowned the film.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-GL-49) The film had an estimated budget of US\$2.9 million but grossed only \$4 million and was considered a box-office disappointment, though it received positive reviews from critics. Home video and DVD sales, as well as repeated television airings, resulted in the film subsequently becoming a [cult classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film "Cult film").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-KeelingPollard2008-50) Concurrently with the 1971 film, the [Quaker Oats Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company "Quaker Oats Company") introduced a line of [sweets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Willy_Wonka_Candy_Company "The Willy Wonka Candy Company") whose marketing uses the book's characters and imagery.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-51)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ExpoSYFY_-_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(8521128271\).jpg)
Golden Ticket from the 2005 film *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* on display at a convention in Spain
[Warner Bros.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Entertainment "Warner Bros. Entertainment") and the Dahl estate reached an agreement in 1998 to produce another film version of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, with the Dahl family receiving total artistic control. The project languished in [development hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_hell "Development hell") until [Tim Burton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton "Tim Burton") signed on to direct in 2003. The film, titled *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")*, stars [Johnny Depp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp "Johnny Depp") as Willy Wonka. It was released in 2005 to positive reviews and massive box office returns, becoming the [eighth-highest-grossing film of the year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film "2005 in film").[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-52)
In October 2016 *[Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_\(magazine\) "Variety (magazine)")* reported that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the Willy Wonka character from the Roald Dahl Estate and would be planning a new film centred on him with [David Heyman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heyman "David Heyman") producing.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-53) In February 2018 [Paul King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_King_\(director\) "Paul King (director)") entered final negotiations to direct the film.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-54) In May 2021, it was reported that the film would be a musical titled *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)")*, with [Timothée Chalamet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoth%C3%A9e_Chalamet "Timothée Chalamet") playing a younger version of Wonka in an [origin story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story "Origin story").[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-55) King was confirmed as director and co-writer along with the comedian [Simon Farnaby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Farnaby "Simon Farnaby"); the film was released globally in December 2023.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-56)
### Other adaptations
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- In 1983 the BBC produced an adaptation for [Radio 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4 "BBC Radio 4"). Titled *Charlie*, it aired in seven episodes between 6 February and 20 March.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-57)
- In 1983 a [miniseries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries "Miniseries") titled *Kalle Och Chokladfabriken* was aired on Swedish television. The series consisted of highly detailed static illustrations that were accompanied by an unseen narrator reading an adapted translation of the novel, in a manner similar to the BBC television series *[Jackanory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackanory "Jackanory")*.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-58)
- In 1985 the [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(1985_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1985 video game)") was released for the [ZX Spectrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum "ZX Spectrum") by the developer Soft Options and the publisher Hill MacGibbon.
- A loose Russian translation of the "Miss Bigelow" song was adapted as a short cartoon in 1995, part of the *[Happy Merry-Go-Round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Merry-Go-Round "Happy Merry-Go-Round")* series[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-59)
- A video game, *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(2005_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 video game)")*, based on Burton's adaptation, was released on 11 July 2005.
- On 1 April 2006 the British theme park [Alton Towers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Towers "Alton Towers") opened a [family attraction themed around the story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory:_The_Ride "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride"). The ride featured a boat section, where guests travel around the chocolate factory in bright pink boats on a chocolate river. In the final stage of the ride, guests enter one of two glass [lifts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator "Elevator"), where they join Willy Wonka as they travel round the factory, eventually shooting up and out through the glass roof.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-60) Running for nine years, the ride was closed for good at the end of the 2015 season.
- The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called *[The Golden Ticket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ticket_\(opera\) "The Golden Ticket (opera)")*. It was written by the American composer Peter Ash and the British [librettist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librettist "Librettist") Donald Sturrock. *The Golden Ticket* has completely original music and was commissioned by [American Lyric Theater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Lyric_Theater "American Lyric Theater"), Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director) and [Felicity Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Dahl "Felicity Dahl"). The opera received its world premiere at the [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Theatre_of_Saint_Louis "Opera Theatre of Saint Louis") on 13 June 2010, in a co-production with American Lyric Theater and [Wexford Festival Opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford_Festival_Opera "Wexford Festival Opera").[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-61)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theatre_Royal_20130408_023.JPG)
*[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)")* musical playing at [Drury Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane") in the [West End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre "West End theatre") of London in 2013
- A musical based on the novel, titled *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)")*, premiered at the [West End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre "West End theatre")'s [Theatre Royal, Drury Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane") in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Musical-62) The show was directed by [Sam Mendes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Mendes "Sam Mendes"), with new songs by [Marc Shaiman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Shaiman "Marc Shaiman") and [Scott Wittman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman "Scott Wittman"), and stars [Douglas Hodge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hodge "Douglas Hodge") as Willy Wonka.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Musical-62) The production broke records for weekly ticket sales.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-London_weekly_ticket_sales-63)
- In July 2017 an animated film *[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory")* was released in which the [titular cat and mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry "Tom and Jerry") were put into the story of the 1971 film.
- On 27 November 2018 [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") was revealed to be developing an "animated series event" based on Roald Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* and the novel's sequel *Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator*.[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-64)[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-65) On 5 March 2020 it was reported that [Taika Waititi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi "Taika Waititi") will write, direct, and executive-produce both the series and a spin-off animated series focused on the Oompa Loompas.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-66)
- In 2021 the Melbourne-based comedians Big Big Big released a six part podcast called *The Candyman* that satirically presents events at the chocolate factory in a [true crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_crime "True crime") genre.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-67)
- An unlicensed attraction, "[Willy's Chocolate Experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%27s_Chocolate_Experience "Willy's Chocolate Experience")", opened on 24 February 2024 in [Glasgow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow "Glasgow"), and closed within a day. The event was advertised using highly misleading AI-generated artwork, promising features such as "an enchanted garden, an Imagination Lab, a Twilight Tunnel, and captivating entertainment", though instead contained a low-effort mock-up of a chocolate factory in a mostly empty warehouse.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-68) The event spawned many [internet memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme"), and featured factory tours offered by several actors playing Willy Wonka, that involved a story in which Wonka would defeat an "evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls" called "The Unknown". According to the actor Paul Connell, who portrayed Willy Wonka in the tours, his script contained "15 pages of AI-generated gibberish".[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-69) Despite the high entrance fee and promised chocolate theme of the event, guests were only given a single jellybean and a cup of lemonade, and the misleading advertisements led to the police being called to the event shortly prior to it being shut down.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-70)
### Animated series
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On 27 November 2018 [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") and The Roald Dahl Story Company jointly announced that Netflix would be producing an animated series based on Dahl's books, including *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, *Matilda*, *The BFG*, *The Twits* and other titles. Production commenced on the first of the Netflix Dahl animated series in 2019.[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-71) On 5 March 2020 *[Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_\(website\) "Variety (website)")* announced that [Taika Waititi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi "Taika Waititi") was partnering with Netflix on a pair of animated series – one based on the world of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* and another based on the Oompa-Loompa characters. "The shows will retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time," Netflix said.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-72) On 23 February 2022 [Mikros Animation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikros_Animation "Mikros Animation") revealed that they would be producing a new collaboration with Netflix. The collaboration was announced as *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*. The long-format animated event series is based on the 1964 novel and is written, directed and executive produced by Waititi.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-73)[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-74)
## Audiobook
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The book has been recorded a number of times:
- Dahl himself narrated an abridged version of the book in 1975 for [Caedmon Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedmon_Audio "Caedmon Audio") (CDL 51476).[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-75)
- In 2002 the former [Monty Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python "Monty Python") member [Eric Idle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle "Eric Idle") narrated the audiobook version of the American Edition of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* on [Harper Childrens Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins "HarperCollins") ([ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0060852801](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0060852801 "Special:BookSources/978-0060852801")
).[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-76)[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-77)
- In 2004 [James Bolam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bolam "James Bolam") narrated an abridged recording of the story for [Puffin Audiobooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") (
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-086818-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-086818-6 "Special:BookSources/0-14-086818-6")
).[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-78)
- [Douglas Hodge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hodge "Douglas Hodge"), who played Willy Wonka in the London production of the [stage musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)"),[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-79) narrated the UK Edition of the audiobook for [Penguin Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Audio "Penguin Audio") in 2013 (
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0141370293](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0141370293 "Special:BookSources/978-0141370293")
), and the title was later released on [Audible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audible_\(service\) "Audible (service)").[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-80)
## Editions
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*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* has undergone numerous editions and been illustrated by numerous artists.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-81)
### Books
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- 1964, OCLC 9318922 (hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., original, first US edition, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
- 1967,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[9783125737600](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783125737600 "Special:BookSources/9783125737600")
(hardcover, George Allen & Unwin, original, first UK edition, illustrated by Faith Jaques)
- 1973,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-394-81011-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-81011-2 "Special:BookSources/0-394-81011-2")
(hardcover, revised Oompa Loompa edition)
- 1976,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-87129-220-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87129-220-3 "Special:BookSources/0-87129-220-3")
(paperback)
- 1980,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-553-15097-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-553-15097-9 "Special:BookSources/0-553-15097-9")
(paperback, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
- 1984,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-1403-0599-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-1403-0599-8 "Special:BookSources/0-1403-0599-8")
(UK paperback, illustrated by [Faith Jaques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Jaques "Faith Jaques"))
- 1985,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-031824-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-031824-0 "Special:BookSources/0-14-031824-0")
(paperback, illustrated by [Michael Foreman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman_\(illustrator\) "Michael Foreman (illustrator)"))
- 1987,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[1-85089-902-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85089-902-9 "Special:BookSources/1-85089-902-9")
(hardcover)
- 1988,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-606-04032-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-606-04032-3 "Special:BookSources/0-606-04032-3")
([prebound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebound "Prebound"))
- 1992,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-89966-904-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89966-904-2 "Special:BookSources/0-89966-904-2")
([library binding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_binding "Library binding"), reprint)
- 1995 (illustrated by [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake"))
- 1998,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-130115-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-130115-5 "Special:BookSources/0-14-130115-5")
(paperback)
- 2001,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-375-81526-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-81526-0 "Special:BookSources/0-375-81526-0")
(hardcover)
- 2001,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-131130-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-131130-4 "Special:BookSources/0-14-131130-4")
(illustrated by [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake"))
- 2002,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-060-51065-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-060-51065-X "Special:BookSources/0-060-51065-X")
(audio CD read by [Eric Idle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle "Eric Idle"))
- 2003,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-375-91526-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-91526-5 "Special:BookSources/0-375-91526-5")
(library binding)
- 2004,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-240108-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-240108-0 "Special:BookSources/0-14-240108-0")
(paperback)
- [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-8488-2241-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8488-2241-2 "Special:BookSources/0-8488-2241-2")
(hardcover)
- 2011,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0-14-310633-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310633-3 "Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310633-3")
(paperback), Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, cover by [Ivan Brunetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Brunetti "Ivan Brunetti")
- 2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Modern Classics, 50th anniversary edition)
- 2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Puffin celebratory golden edition, illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)
- 2014, (double-cover paperback)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)
### 50th anniversary cover controversy
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory&action=edit§ion=18 "Edit section: 50th anniversary cover controversy")\]
The cover photo of the 50th anniversary edition, published by [Penguin Modern Classics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books "Penguin Books") for sale in the UK and aimed at the adult market, received widespread commentary and criticism.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Talbot,_Margaret-83) The cover is a photo of a heavily made up young girl seated on her mother's knee and wearing a doll-like expression, taken by the photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello as part of a photo shoot for a French magazine, for a 2008 fashion article titled "Mommie Dearest."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-84) In addition to writing that "the image seemingly has little to do with the beloved children's classic",[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-85) reviewers and commentators in social media (such as posters on the publisher's Facebook page) have said the art evokes *[Lolita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita "Lolita")*, *[Valley of the Dolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dolls_\(film\) "Valley of the Dolls (film)")*, and [JonBenet Ramsey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonBenet_Ramsey "JonBenet Ramsey"); looks like a scene from *[Toddlers & Tiaras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddlers_%26_Tiaras "Toddlers & Tiaras")*; and is "misleading," "creepy," "sexualised," "grotesque," "misjudged on every level," "distasteful and disrespectful to a gifted author and his work," "pretentious," "trashy", "outright inappropriate," "terrifying," "really obnoxious," and "weird & kind of paedophilic."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-86)[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-87)
The publisher explained its objective in a blog post accompanying the announcement about the jacket art: "This new image . . . looks at the children at the center of the story, and highlights the way Roald Dahl's writing manages to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of life."[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-88) Additionally, Penguin Press's Helen Conford told the Bookseller: "We wanted something that spoke about the other qualities in the book. It's a children's story that also steps outside children's and people aren't used to seeing Dahl in that way." She continued: "\[There is\] a lot of ill feeling about it, I think because it's such a treasured book and a book which isn't really a 'crossover book'" As she acknowledged: "People want it to remain as a children's book."
*The New Yorker* describes what it calls this "strangely but tellingly misbegotten" cover design thusly: "The image is a photograph, taken from a French fashion shoot, of a glassy-eyed, heavily made-up little girl. Behind her sits, a mother figure, stiff and coiffed, casting an ominous shadow. The girl, with her long, perfectly waved [platinum-blond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond#platinum_blond "Blond") hair and her pink [feather boa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_boa "Feather boa"), looks like a pretty and inert doll—" The article continues: "And if the [Stepford daughter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives "The Stepford Wives") on the cover is meant to remind us of Veruca Salt or Violet Beauregarde, she doesn't: those badly behaved squirts are bubbling over with rude life." Moreover, writes Talbot, "The Modern Classics cover has not a whiff of this validation of childish imagination; instead, it seems to imply a deviant adult audience."[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Talbot,_Margaret-83)
## References
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory&action=edit§ion=19 "Edit section: References")\]
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2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-2)**
["Repton School 'helped inspire Dahl' to write Charlie"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806). BBC. 12 November 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181014053337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806) from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
3. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-3)**
["Chocolate Wars, The inspiration for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/07/real-life-espionage-that-inspired-dahl-s-classic.html). *Slate*. Retrieved 27 July 2021. "During Dahl's childhood, the two largest British candy firms, Cadbury and Rowntree, sent so many moles to work in competitors' factories that their spying became legendary"
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5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-5)**
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Blair, Elizabeth (24 February 2023). ["Roald Dahl's publisher responds to backlash by keeping 'classic' texts in print"](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159224907/roald-dahls-publisher-responds-to-backlash-by-keeping-classic-texts-in-print). *NPR*. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
13. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Telegraph_13-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Telegraph_13-1)
Cumming, Ed; Buchanan, Abigail; Holl-Allen, Genevieve; Smith, Benedict (24 February 2023). ["The Writing of Roald Dahl"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/17/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-offensive-matilda-witches-twits/#the-witches). *The Telegraph*. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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Dahl, Roald (1964). [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://archive.org/details/charliechocolate0000dahl) (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 89.
15. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-5) [***g***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-6) [***h***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-7) [***i***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-8)
Kennedy, Maev (29 August 2014). ["Lost chapter of Charlie and Chocolate Factory published"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/lost-chapter-charlie-chocolate-factory-roald-dahl-quentin-blake-illustration). *The Guardian*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160916175322/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/lost-chapter-charlie-chocolate-factory-roald-dahl-quentin-blake-illustration) from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
16. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-3)
Jones, Miracle (2 February 2009). ["'Spotty Powder,' the Lost Chapter from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (blog)"](http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=283). *The Fiction Circus*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305230630/http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=283) from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.) (2010). [*The Missing Golden Ticket and Other Splendiferous Secrets*](https://archive.org/details/missinggoldentic00dahl). New York City: Puffin Books. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
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(published in England as *Spotty Powder and other Splendiferous Secrets*,
[ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
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)
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Dahl, Roald (1973). "Spotty Powder". *Puffin Post*. **7** (1): 8–10\.
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["Exclusive: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140903214227/http://penguinblog.co.uk/2014/08/06/exclusive-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-as-a-penguin-modern-classic/). Penguinblog.co.uk. 6 August 2014. Archived from [the original](http://penguinblog.co.uk/2014/08/06/exclusive-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-as-a-penguin-modern-classic/) on 3 September 2014.
## External links
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- [Official Roald Dahl website](http://www.roalddahl.com/)
- [The Willy Wonka Candy Company](https://web.archive.org/web/20090512053240/http://www.wonka.com/)
### Deleted chapters
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- "Fudge Mountain":
Dahl, Roald (30 August 2014). ["A previously unpublished chapter of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* ("The Vanilla Fudge Room" is from an early draft of Roald Dahl's most famous novel. With new illustrations by Quentin Blake)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140830190002/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/30/roald-dahl-extract-unpublished-chapter-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory). *The Guardian*. Archived from [the original](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/30/roald-dahl-extract-unpublished-chapter-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory) on 30 August 2014.
- "Fudge Mountain":
["The Vanilla Fudge Room"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160913141145/http://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/archive/archive-highlights/the-vanilla-fudge-room). *Roald Dahl Archive*. 2016. Archived from [the original](http://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/archive/archive-highlights/the-vanilla-fudge-room) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "Spotty Powder":
Jones, Miracle (2 February 2009). ["'Spotty Powder,' the Lost Chapter from Roald Dahl's *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (blog)"](http://fictioncircus.com/news.php?id=283). *The Fiction Circus*. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- "The Warming Candy Room":
["The Warming Candy Room"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160817152843/http://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/archive/archive-highlights/the-warming-candy-room). *Roald Dahl Archive*. 2016. Archived from [the original](http://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/archive/archive-highlights/the-warming-candy-room) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
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| Novels | *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]()* (1964) *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")* (1972) |
| Films | *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* (2005) *[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory")* (2017) *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)")* (2023) |
| Theatre | *[Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_\(musical\) "Willy Wonka (musical)")* (2004) *[The Golden Ticket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ticket_\(opera\) "The Golden Ticket (opera)")* (2010) [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)") (2013) |
| Video games | [1985](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(1985_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1985 video game)") [2005](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(2005_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 video game)") |
| Music | "[Pure Imagination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_Imagination "Pure Imagination")" "[The Candy Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candy_Man "The Candy Man")" *[Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primus_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory_with_the_Fungi_Ensemble "Primus & the Chocolate Factory with the Fungi Ensemble")* *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(soundtrack\) "Wonka (soundtrack)")* (soundtrack) "[Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Feeling_\(Oompa_Loompa\) "Bad Feeling (Oompa Loompa)")" |
| Candy | [Everlasting Gobstopper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everlasting_Gobstopper "Everlasting Gobstopper") [The Willy Wonka Candy Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_Candy_Shop "Nestlé Candy Shop") [Wonka Bar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_Bar "Wonka Bar") |
| [Characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_characters "List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters") | [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka") [Oompa-Loompas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oompa-Loompas "Oompa-Loompas") |
| Miscellaneous | [The Ride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory:_The_Ride "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride") [Condescending Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condescending_Wonka "Condescending Wonka") [Willy's Chocolate Experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%27s_Chocolate_Experience "Willy's Chocolate Experience") |
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| Children's fiction | *[The Gremlins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gremlins "The Gremlins")* (1943) *[James and the Giant Peach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach "James and the Giant Peach")* (1961) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]()* (1964) *[The Magic Finger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Finger "The Magic Finger")* (1966) *[Fantastic Mr Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr_Fox "Fantastic Mr Fox")* (1970) *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")* (1972) *[Danny, the Champion of the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny,_the_Champion_of_the_World "Danny, the Champion of the World")* (1975) *[The Enormous Crocodile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enormous_Crocodile "The Enormous Crocodile")* (1978) *[The Twits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twits "The Twits")* (1980) *[George's Marvellous Medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%27s_Marvellous_Medicine "George's Marvellous Medicine")* (1981) *[The BFG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG "The BFG")* (1982) *[The Witches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_\(novel\) "The Witches (novel)")* (1983) *[The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giraffe_and_the_Pelly_and_Me "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me")* (1985) *[Matilda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_\(novel\) "Matilda (novel)")* (1988) *[Esio Trot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esio_Trot "Esio Trot")* (1990) *[The Vicar of Nibbleswicke](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vicar_of_Nibbleswicke "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke")* (1991) *[The Minpins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minpins "The Minpins")* (1991) |
| Children's poetry | *[Revolting Rhymes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolting_Rhymes "Revolting Rhymes")* (1982) *[Dirty Beasts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Beasts "Dirty Beasts")* (1983) *[Rhyme Stew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme_Stew "Rhyme Stew")* (1989) |
| Adult novels | *[Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Time_Never:_A_Fable_for_Supermen "Some Time Never: A Fable for Supermen")* (1948) *[My Uncle Oswald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Uncle_Oswald "My Uncle Oswald")* (1979) |
| Short story collections | *[Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_to_You:_Ten_Stories_of_Flyers_and_Flying "Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying")* (1946) *[Someone Like You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_like_You_\(short_story_collection\) "Someone like You (short story collection)")* (1953) *[Kiss Kiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_Kiss_\(book\) "Kiss Kiss (book)")* (1960) *[Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Nine_Kisses_from_Roald_Dahl "Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl")* (1969) *[Switch Bitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switch_Bitch "Switch Bitch")* (1974) *[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_and_Six_More "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More")* (1977) *[The Best of Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Roald_Dahl "The Best of Roald Dahl")* (1978) *[Tales of the Unexpected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_\(short_story_collection\) "Tales of the Unexpected (short story collection)")* (1979) *[More Tales of the Unexpected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/More_Tales_of_the_Unexpected "More Tales of the Unexpected")* (1980) *[The Roald Dahl Omnibus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roald_Dahl_Omnibus "The Roald Dahl Omnibus")* (1986) *[Two Fables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Fables "Two Fables")* (1986) *[Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ah,_Sweet_Mystery_of_Life:_The_Country_Stories_of_Roald_Dahl "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl")* (1989) *[The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collected_Short_Stories_of_Roald_Dahl "The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl")* (1991) *[The Roald Dahl Treasury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roald_Dahl_Treasury "The Roald Dahl Treasury")* (1997) *[The Great Automatic Grammatizator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Automatic_Grammatizator "The Great Automatic Grammatizator")* (1998) *[Skin and Other Stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_and_Other_Stories "Skin and Other Stories")* (2000) *[Roald Dahl: Collected Stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl:_Collected_Stories "Roald Dahl: Collected Stories")* (2006) |
| Non-fiction | *[The Mildenhall Treasure](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mildenhall_Treasure "The Mildenhall Treasure")* (1946) *[Boy: Tales of Childhood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_\(autobiography\) "Boy (autobiography)")* (1984) *[Going Solo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Solo "Going Solo")* (1986) *[Measles: A Dangerous Illness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles:_A_Dangerous_Illness "Measles: A Dangerous Illness")* (1986) *[Memories with Food at Gipsy House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memories_with_Food_at_Gipsy_House "Memories with Food at Gipsy House")* (1991) *[Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl%27s_Guide_to_Railway_Safety "Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety")* (1991) *[My Year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Year "My Year")* (1993) |
| Film adaptations | *[36 Hours](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36_Hours_\(1964_film\) "36 Hours (1964 film)")* (1964) *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971) *[Danny, the Champion of the World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny,_the_Champion_of_the_World_\(film\) "Danny, the Champion of the World (film)")* (1989) *[The BFG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG_\(1989_film\) "The BFG (1989 film)")* (1989) *[Breaking Point](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_Point_\(1989_film\) "Breaking Point (1989 film)")* (1989) *[The Witches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_\(1990_film\) "The Witches (1990 film)")* (1990) *[Four Rooms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Rooms "Four Rooms")* (1995) *[James and the Giant Peach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_\(film\) "James and the Giant Peach (film)")* (1996) *[Matilda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_\(1996_film\) "Matilda (1996 film)")* (1996) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* (2005) *[Fantastic Mr. Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox_\(film\) "Fantastic Mr. Fox (film)")* (2009) *[Roald Dahl's Esio Trot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esio_Trot_\(film\) "Esio Trot (film)")* (2015) *[The BFG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG_\(2016_film\) "The BFG (2016 film)")* (2016) *[Revolting Rhymes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolting_Rhymes_\(film\) "Revolting Rhymes (film)")* (2016) *[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory")* (2017) *[The Witches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_\(2020_film\) "The Witches (2020 film)")* (2020) *[Matilda the Musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical_\(film\) "Matilda the Musical (film)")* (2022) *[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_\(film\) "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film)")* (2023) *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)")* (2023) *[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_and_Three_More "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More")* (2024) *[The Twits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twits_\(film\) "The Twits (film)")* (2025) |
| Film scripts | *[The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Hell_Go_Ting-a-ling-a-ling#1966_film "The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling")* (1966, unfinished) *[You Only Live Twice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Only_Live_Twice_\(film\) "You Only Live Twice (film)")* (1967) *[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang")* (1968) *[The Night Digger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Digger "The Night Digger")* (1971) *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971) |
| Television series | *['Way Out](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Way_Out "'Way Out")* (1961) *[Tales of the Unexpected](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Unexpected_\(TV_series\) "Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)")* (1979–88) [episodes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tales_of_the_Unexpected_episodes "List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes") |
| Musicals and plays | *[The Honeys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeys_\(play\) "The Honeys (play)")* (1955) *[Fantastic Mr. Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr._Fox_\(opera\) "Fantastic Mr. Fox (opera)")* (1998) *[Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl%27s_Willy_Wonka_\(musical\) "Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka (musical)")* (2004) *[The Witches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_\(opera\) "The Witches (opera)")* (2008) *[The Golden Ticket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ticket_\(opera\) "The Golden Ticket (opera)")* (2010) *[James and the Giant Peach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_and_the_Giant_Peach_\(musical\) "James and the Giant Peach (musical)")* (2010) *[Matilda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_the_Musical "Matilda the Musical")* (2010) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)")* (2013) *[Fantastic Mr Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr_Fox_\(musical\) "Fantastic Mr Fox (musical)")* (2016) *[The Witches](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_\(musical\) "The Witches (musical)")* (2023) |
| See also | [Bibliography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_bibliography "Roald Dahl bibliography") [Short stories bibliography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_short_stories_bibliography "Roald Dahl short stories bibliography") *[Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl%27s_Book_of_Ghost_Stories "Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories")* (1983) [Gipsy House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gipsy_House "Gipsy House") [Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_Museum_and_Story_Centre "Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre") [Roald Dahl Children's Gallery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_Children%27s_Gallery "Roald Dahl Children's Gallery") [Patricia Neal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Neal "Patricia Neal") (wife) [Olivia Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Dahl "Olivia Dahl") (daughter) [Tessa Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa_Dahl "Tessa Dahl") (daughter) [Ophelia Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophelia_Dahl "Ophelia Dahl") (daughter) [Lucy Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Dahl "Lucy Dahl") (daughter) [Sophie Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Dahl "Sophie Dahl") (granddaughter) [Phoebe Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Dahl "Phoebe Dahl") (granddaughter) [Felicity Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Dahl "Felicity Dahl") (second wife) [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake") [Wade-Dahl-Till valve](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Dahl-Till_valve "Wade-Dahl-Till valve") *[Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_%26_Beatrix:_The_Tail_of_the_Curious_Mouse "Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse")* (2020) *[To Olivia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Olivia "To Olivia")* (2021) [Revision controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl_revision_controversy "Roald Dahl revision controversy") *[Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_\(play\) "Giant (play)")* (2024) |
| [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:BILBY_Younger_Readers_Award "Template:BILBY Younger Readers Award") [t](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:BILBY_Younger_Readers_Award "Template talk:BILBY Younger Readers Award") [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:BILBY_Younger_Readers_Award "Special:EditPage/Template:BILBY Younger Readers Award")[Books I Love Best Yearly: Younger Readers Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BILBY_Award "BILBY Award") |
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| *[Matilda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_\(novel\) "Matilda (novel)")* by [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") (1990) *[The BFG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BFG "The BFG")* by [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") (1991) *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]()* by [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") (1992) *Blabber Mouth* by [Morris Gleitzman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Gleitzman "Morris Gleitzman") (1993) *[Fantastic Mr Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Mr_Fox "Fantastic Mr Fox")* by [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") (1994) *[The Pagemaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pagemaster "The Pagemaster")* by [David Kirschner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kirschner "David Kirschner") (1995) *When the Wind Changed* by [Ruth Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Park "Ruth Park") (1996) *[Matilda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_\(novel\) "Matilda (novel)")* by [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") (1997) *Polar the Titanic Bear* by Daisy Corning Stone Spedder (1998) *Detective Donut and the Wild Goose Chase* by Bruce Whatley and R. Smith (1999) *[Just Stupid\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Stupid! "Just Stupid!")* by [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(author\) "Andy Griffiths (author)") (2000) *[Harry Potter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter "Harry Potter")* series by [J. K. Rowling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling "J. K. Rowling") (2001) *[Just Crazy\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Crazy! "Just Crazy!") by [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(author\) "Andy Griffiths (author)")* (2002) *[The Saddle Club](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saddle_Club_\(books\) "The Saddle Club (books)")* series by [Bonnie Bryant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Bryant "Bonnie Bryant") (2003) *[Just Disgusting\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Disgusting! "Just Disgusting!")* by [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(author\) "Andy Griffiths (author)") (2004) *[The Bad Book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Book "The Bad Book")* by [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(author\) "Andy Griffiths (author)") (2005) *[Just Crazy\!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Crazy! "Just Crazy!")* by [Andy Griffiths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Griffiths_\(author\) "Andy Griffiths (author)") (2006) |
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*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
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| Readable Markdown | "Mr. and Mrs. Bucket" redirects here. For the board game, see [Mr. Bucket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bucket "Mr. Bucket").
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| [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(1964\)_front_cover,_first_US_edition.jpg)First US edition | |
| Author | [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl") |
| Illustrators | Joseph Schindelman (first and revised US editions) [Faith Jaques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Jaques "Faith Jaques") (first UK edition) [Michael Foreman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman_\(author/illustrator\) "Michael Foreman (author/illustrator)") (1985 edition) [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake") (1995 edition) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | [Children's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") [fantasy novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_novel "Fantasy novel") |
| Publisher | [George Allen & Unwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_%26_Unwin "George Allen & Unwin") (original) [Puffin Books](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") (1995–2006) [Scholastic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_Corporation "Scholastic Corporation") (current) |
| Publication date | 17 January 1964 (US version) 23 November 1964 (UK version) |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 192 |
| [OCLC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC_\(identifier\) "OCLC (identifier)") | [9318922](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9318922) |
| Followed by | *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")* |
***Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*** is a 1964 [children's novel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") by the British writer [Roald Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "Roald Dahl"). It features the adventures of young [Charlie Bucket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bucket#Charlie_Bucket "Charlie Bucket") inside the chocolate factory of an eccentric chocolatier named [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka").[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-1)
The story was originally inspired by Dahl's experience of chocolate companies during his schooldays at [Repton School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_School "Repton School") in [Derbyshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derbyshire "Derbyshire"). [Cadbury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadbury "Cadbury") would often send test packages to the schoolchildren in exchange for their opinions on the new products.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-2) At that time (around the 1920s), Cadbury and [Rowntree's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowntree%27s "Rowntree's") were England's two largest chocolate makers and they each often tried to steal trade secrets by sending [spies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_espionage "Industrial espionage"), posing as employees, into the other's factory—inspiring Dahl's idea for the recipe-thieving spies (such as Wonka's rival [Slugworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_characters#Arthur_Slugworth "List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters")) depicted in the book.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-3) Because of this, both companies became highly protective of their chocolate-making processes. It was a combination of this secrecy and the elaborate, often gigantic, machines in the factory that inspired Dahl to write the story.[\[4\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-4)
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* is frequently ranked among the most popular works in [children's literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature#United_Kingdom "Children's literature").[\[5\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-6)[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Argus-7) In 2012 Charlie Bucket brandishing a Golden Ticket appeared on a [Royal Mail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail "Royal Mail") [first-class stamp in the UK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_commemorative_stamps_2010%E2%80%932019#2012 "Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019").[\[8\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-8) The novel was first published in the US by [Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf,_Inc. "Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.") in 1964 and in the UK by [George Allen & Unwin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_%26_Unwin "George Allen & Unwin") 11 months later. The book's sequel, *[Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Great_Glass_Elevator "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator")*, was published in 1972. Dahl planned a third installment in the series, but never finished it.[\[9\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-9)
The book has been adapted into two major motion pictures: *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971) and *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* (2005). A standalone film exploring Willy Wonka's origins, simply titled *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)"),* was released in 2023. The book has spawned a [media franchise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(franchise\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (franchise)") with multiple video games, theatrical productions and merchandise.
Charlie Bucket is a kind and loving boy who lives in poverty with his parents and grandparents in a town which is home to the world-famous Wonka's Chocolate Factory. One day, Charlie's bedridden [Grandpa Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_Joe "Grandpa Joe") tells him about [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka"), the factory's eccentric owner, and all of his fantastical candies. Rival chocolatiers sent in spies to steal Wonka's recipes, forcing him to close the factory and disappear. Wonka reopened the factory years later, but the gates remain locked, and nobody knows who is providing the factory with its workforce because no people are seen going out or coming in.
The next day, the newspaper announces that Wonka has hidden five Golden Tickets in [Wonka Bars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_Bar "Wonka Bar"); the finders of these tickets will be invited to a tour of the factory. The first four tickets are found by gluttonous [Augustus Gloop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Gloop "Augustus Gloop"), spoilt [Veruca Salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veruca_Salt_\(character\) "Veruca Salt (character)"), the compulsive gum-chewer [Violet Beauregarde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_Beauregarde "Violet Beauregarde"), and the television addict [Mike Teavee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Teavee "Mike Teavee"). During the mad rush to find the Golden Tickets, Charlie's attempts to find a Golden Ticket fail: on the first try, on Charlie's birthday, his parents give him a Wonka bar (his usual birthday present) that turns out nothing; on the second try, with encouragement from Grandpa Joe, Charlie buys another Wonka bar using some of Grandpa Joe's secret savings, but that too yields no ticket. On another instance, several days after his father loses his job at a toothpaste factory that closes, Charlie buys two Wonka Bars with some money he found in the snow. When he opens the second bar, Charlie discovers that it contains the fifth and final ticket. Later, on hearing the news, Grandpa Joe suddenly regains his mobility and volunteers to accompany Charlie to the factory.
On the day of the tour, which is the very next day, Wonka welcomes the five children and the adults inside the factory, a wonderland of confectionery creations that defy logic. They also meet the [Oompa-Loompas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oompa-Loompas "Oompa-Loompas"), a race of impish humanoids who help him operate the factory as thanks for him rescuing them from a land of dangerous monsters and with his promise to provide them with cocoa beans. During the tour, the four other children give in to their respective impulses and are ejected from the tour in darkly comical ways: Augustus falls into the Chocolate River and he's sucked up by a pipe, Violet turns blue while inflating into a giant human blueberry after chewing an experimental stick of three-course dinner gum ending with a blueberry pie flavour, Veruca and her parents fall down a rubbish chute after she tries to capture one of the nut-testing squirrels, and Mike is shrunk after misusing a machine that sends chocolate by television — all despite Wonka's warnings. The Oompa-Loompas sing about the children's misbehaviour each time disaster strikes.
With only Charlie remaining, Wonka congratulates him for "winning" the factory. Wonka explains that the whole tour was secretly designed to help him find a worthy heir to his business, and Charlie was the only child whose innocence and good nature passed the test. They ride the Great Glass Elevator and watch Augustus, Violet, Veruca, Mike and all their parents leave the factory by boarding trucks loaded to the brim with Wonka products (as promised in the Golden Tickets) before flying to Charlie's house, where Wonka invites the entire Bucket family to come and live with him inside his factory.
### Race, editing, and censorship
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Dahl's widow said that Charlie was originally written as "a little black boy." Dahl's biographer said the change to a white character was driven by Dahl's agent, who thought a black Charlie would not appeal to readers.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10)[\[11\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-11)
In the first published edition, the Oompa-Loompas were described as [African pygmies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Pygmies "African Pygmies"), and were drawn this way in the original printed edition.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10) After the announcement of a film adaptation sparked a statement from the American group [NAACP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP "NAACP"), which expressed concern that the transportation of Oompa-Loompas to Wonka's factory resembled slavery, Dahl found himself sympathising with their concerns and published a revised edition.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10) In this edition, as well as the subsequent sequel, the Oompa-Loompas were drawn as being white and appearing similar to [hippies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie "Hippie"), and the references to Africa were deleted.[\[10\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-guardian-10)
In 2023 the publisher [Puffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") made more than eighty additional changes to the original text of the book, such as: removing every occurrence of the word *fat* (including referring to Augustus Gloop as "enormous" rather than "enormously fat" and greatly changing the words of his song); removing most references to the Oompa-Loompa's diminutive size and physical appearance and omitting descriptions of them living in trees and wearing deerskins and leaves; removing or changing the words *mad*, *crazy* and *queer*; omitting many references to Mike Teavee's toy guns; and removing references to corporal punishment (such as changing "She needs a really good spanking" to "She needs a really good talking to" and "She wants a good kick in the pants" to "She needs to learn some manners").[\[12\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Telegraph-13)
| 1964 text[\[14\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-14) | 1973 revised text | 2023 text[\[13\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Telegraph-13) |
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| 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, *click, click, click,* three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was almost pure black, and the top of his fuzzy head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man. | 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' Mr Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, *click, click, click,* three times. Immediately, an Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.The Oompa-Loompa bowed and smiled, showing beautiful white teeth. His skin was rosy-white, his hair was golden brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr Wonka's knee. He wore the usual deerskin slung over his shoulder.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the tiny man. | 'If he's perfectly safe, then where is he?' snapped Mrs Gloop. 'Lead me to him this instant!' An Oompa-Loompa appeared, as if from nowhere, and stood beside him.'Now listen to me,' said Mr Wonka, looking down at the man. |
Various unused and draft material from Dahl's early versions of the novel have been found. In the initial, unpublished drafts of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, nine golden tickets were distributed to tour Willy Wonka's secret chocolate factory[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15) and the children faced more rooms and more temptations to test their self-control.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16) Some of the names of the children cut from the final work include:[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MissingTicket-17)
- Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper (who overindulge in *Warming Candies*)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-WCR-19)
- Elvira Entwhistle (lost down a rubbish chute, renamed Veruca Salt)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)
- Violet Glockenberry (renamed Strabismus and finally Beauregarde)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)
- Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle (lost up a chocolate pipe, combined into the character Augustus Gloop)[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)
- Miranda Mary Piker (renamed from Miranda Grope, became the subject of *Spotty Powder*)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)
- Marvin Prune (a conceited boy involved in *The Children's-Delight Room*)[\[17\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MissingTicket-17)[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)
- Wilbur Rice and Tommy Troutbeck, the subjects of *The Vanilla Fudge Room*[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[18\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan-18)[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)
- Herpes Trout (renamed Mike Teavee)[\[20\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Mangan2-20)
"Spotty Powder" was first published as a short story in 1973.[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)[\[23\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-23) In 1998, it was included in the children's horror anthology *Scary! Stories That Will Make You Scream* edited by Peter Haining. The brief note before the story described the story as having been left out of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* due to an already brimming number of misbehaving children characters in the tale. In 2005, *[The Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times "The Times")* reprinted "Spotty Powder" as a "lost" chapter, saying that it had been found in Dahl's desk, written backwards in [mirror writing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_writing "Mirror writing") (the same way that [Leonardo da Vinci](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci "Leonardo da Vinci") wrote in his journals).[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)[\[24\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-24) Spotty Powder looks and tastes like sugar, but causes bright red pox-like spots to appear on faces and necks five seconds after ingestion, so children who eat Spotty Powder do not have to go to school. The spots fade on their own a few hours later. After learning the purpose of Spotty Powder, the humourless, smug Miranda Piker and her equally humourless father (a schoolmaster) are enraged and disappear into the Spotty Powder room to sabotage the machine. Soon after entering, they are heard making what Mrs. Piker interprets as screams. Mr. Wonka assures her (after making a brief joke where he claims that headmasters are one of the occasional ingredients) that it is only laughter. Exactly what happens to them is not revealed in the extract.[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)
In an early draft, sometime after being renamed from Miranda Grope to Miranda Piker, but before "Spotty Powder" was written, she falls down the chocolate waterfall and ends up in the Peanut-Brittle Mixer. This results in the "rude and disobedient little kid" becoming "quite delicious."[\[21\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-MMP-21)[\[25\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-25) This early draft poem was slightly rewritten as an Oompa-Loompa song in the lost chapter, which now puts her in the "Spotty-Powder mixer" and instead of being "crunchy and ... good \[peanut brittle\]" she is now "useful \[for [truancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truancy "Truancy")\] and ... good."[\[16\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-lost_chapter-16)
#### "The Vanilla Fudge Room"
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In 2014 *[The Guardian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian "The Guardian")* revealed that Dahl had removed another chapter ("The Vanilla Fudge Room") from an early draft of the book. *The Guardian* reported the now-eliminated passage was "deemed too wild, subversive and insufficiently moral for the tender minds of British children almost fifty years ago."[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15) In what was originally chapter five in that version of the book, Charlie goes to the factory with his mother instead of Grandpa Joe as originally published. At this point, the chocolate factory tour is down to eight children,[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR2-26) including Tommy Troutbeck and Wilbur Rice. After the entire group climbs to the top of the titular fudge mountain, eating vanilla fudge along the way, Troutbeck and Rice decide to take a ride on the wagons carrying away chunks of fudge. The wagons take them directly to the Pounding And Cutting Room, where the fudge is reformed and sliced into small squares for retail sale. Wonka states the machine is equipped with "a large [wire strainer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_strainer "Wire strainer") ... which is used specially for catching children before they fall into the machine" adding that "It always catches them. At least it always has up to now."[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)
The chapter dates back to an early draft with ten golden tickets, including one each for Miranda Grope and Augustus Pottle, who fell into the chocolate river prior to the events of "Fudge Mountain".[\[15\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Kennedy-14-15)[\[27\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-27) Augustus Pottle was routed to the Chocolate Fudge Room, not the Vanilla Fudge Room explored in this chapter,[\[22\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR-22)[\[26\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-VFR2-26) and Miranda Grope ended up in the Fruit and Nuts Room.
#### "The Warming Candy Room"
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Also in 2014, *[Vanity Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair_\(magazine\) "Vanity Fair (magazine)")* published a plot summary of "The Warming Candy Room", wherein three boys eat too many "warming candies" and end up "bursting with heat."[\[28\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-28)
The Warming Candy Room is dominated by a boiler, which heats a scarlet liquid. The liquid is dispensed one drop at a time, where it cools and forms a hard shell, storing the heat and "by a magic process ... the hot heat changes into an amazing thing called 'cold heat.'" After eating a single warming candy, one could stand naked in the snow comfortably. This meets predictable disbelief from Clarence Crump, Bertie Upside and Terence Roper, who proceed to eat at least 100 warming candies each, resulting in profuse perspiration. The three boys and their families discontinue the tour after they are taken to cool off "in the large refrigerator for a few hours."[\[19\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-WCR-19)
#### "The Children's-Delight Room"
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Dahl originally planned for a child called Marvin Prune to be included. He submitted the excised chapter regarding Prune to *The Horn Book Review* in the early 1970s.[\[29\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-29) Rather than publish the chapter, *Horn Book* responded with a critical essay by the children's author [Eleanor Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Cameron "Eleanor Cameron"), who called *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* “one of the most tasteless books ever written for children”.[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cameron-30)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MCM_2013_-_Willy_Wonka_%26_Mad_Hatter_\(8978291669\).jpg)
Costumes of [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka") (from Roald Dahl's *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*), and the [Hatter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatter_\(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland\) "Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)") (from Lewis Carroll's *[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")*) in London. A 2015 UK poll ranked them the top two children's books.[\[7\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Argus-7)
In a 2006 list for the [Royal Society of Literature](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Literature "Royal Society of Literature"), the author [J. K. Rowling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling "J. K. Rowling") named *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* among her top ten books that every child should read.[\[31\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-31) A fan of the book since childhood, the film director [Tim Burton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton "Tim Burton") wrote: "I responded to *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* because it respected the fact that children can be adults."[\[32\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-32)[\[33\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-33)
A 2004 study found that it was a common read-aloud book for fourth-grade pupils in schools in [San Diego County, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_County,_California "San Diego County, California"), US.[\[34\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-34) A 2012 survey by the [University of Worcester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Worcester "University of Worcester") determined that it was one of the most common books that UK adults had read as children, after *[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland")*, *[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion,_the_Witch_and_the_Wardrobe "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe")* and *[The Wind in the Willows](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_in_the_Willows "The Wind in the Willows")*.[\[35\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-35)
Groups who have praised the book include:
- New England Round Table of Children's Librarians Award (US, 1972)
- Surrey School Award (UK, 1973)[\[36\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-36)
- Read Aloud [BILBY Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BILBY_Award "BILBY Award") (Australia, 1992)[\[37\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-37)
- Millennium Children's Book Award (UK, 2000)
- [The Big Read](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Read "The Big Read"), ranked number 35 in a [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") survey of the British public to identify the "Nation's Best-loved Novel" (UK, 2003)[\[38\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-38)
- [National Education Association](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association "National Education Association"), listed as one of "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" based on a poll (US, 2007)[\[39\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-NEA2007-39)
- *[School Library Journal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_Library_Journal "School Library Journal")*, ranked 61 among all-time children's novels (US, 2012)[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-SLJChapter2012-40)
In the 2012 survey published by *SLJ*, a monthly with primarily US audience, *Charlie* was the second of four books by Dahl among their Top 100 Chapter Books, one more than any other writer.[\[40\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-SLJChapter2012-40) *[Time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_\(magazine\) "Time (magazine)")* magazine in the US included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time; it was one of three Dahl novels on the list, more than any other author.[\[41\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-41) In 2016 the novel topped the list of [Amazon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com "Amazon.com")'s best-selling children's books by Dahl in Print and on [Kindle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle "Amazon Kindle").[\[42\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-42) In 2023 the novel was ranked by [BBC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC "BBC") at no. 18 in their poll of "The 100 greatest children's books of all time".[\[43\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-43)
Although the book has always been popular and considered a [children's classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_literature "Children's literature") by many literary critics, a number of prominent individuals have spoken unfavourably of the novel over the years.[\[44\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cheetham,_Dominic_2%E2%80%933-44) The children's novelist and literary historian [John Rowe Townsend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rowe_Townsend "John Rowe Townsend") has described the book as "fantasy of an almost literally nauseating kind" and accused it of "astonishing insensitivity" regarding the original portrayal of the [Oompa-Loompas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oompa-Loompa "Oompa-Loompa") as African black [pygmies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples "Pygmy peoples"), although Dahl did revise this in later editions.[\[45\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-45) Another novelist, [Eleanor Cameron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Cameron "Eleanor Cameron"), compared the book to the sweets that form its subject matter, commenting that it is "delectable and soothing while we are undergoing the brief sensory pleasure it affords but leaves us poorly nourished with our taste dulled for better fare."[\[30\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Cameron-30) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin "Ursula K. Le Guin") wrote in support of this assessment in a letter to *The Horn Book Review*, saying that her own daughter would turn "quite nasty" upon finishing the book.[\[46\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-46) Dahl responded to Cameron's criticisms by noting that the classics that she had cited would not be well received by contemporary children.[\[47\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-47)
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* has frequently been adapted for other media, including games, radio, the screen,[\[48\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-48) and stage, most often as plays or musicals for children – often titled *Willy Wonka* or *Willy Wonka, Jr* and almost always featuring musical numbers by all the main characters (Wonka, Charlie, Grandpa Joe, Violet, Veruca, etc.); many of the songs are revised versions from the 1971 film.
The book was first made into a feature film as a [musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_film "Musical film"), titled *[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka_%26_the_Chocolate_Factory "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory")* (1971), directed by [Mel Stuart](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Stuart "Mel Stuart"), produced by [David L. Wolper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Wolper "David L. Wolper"), and starring [Gene Wilder](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder "Gene Wilder") as [Willy Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Wonka "Willy Wonka"), character actor [Jack Albertson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Albertson "Jack Albertson") as [Grandpa Joe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandpa_Joe "Grandpa Joe") and [Peter Ostrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ostrum "Peter Ostrum") as Charlie Bucket, with music by [Leslie Bricusse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Bricusse "Leslie Bricusse") and [Anthony Newley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Newley "Anthony Newley"). Dahl was credited for writing the screenplay, but [David Seltzer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Seltzer "David Seltzer") was brought in by Stuart and Wolper to make changes against Dahl's wishes, leaving his original adaptation, in one critic's opinion, "scarcely detectable".[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-GL-49) Amongst other things, Dahl was unhappy with the foregrounding of Wonka over Charlie, and disliked the musical score. Because of this, Dahl disowned the film.[\[49\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-GL-49) The film had an estimated budget of US\$2.9 million but grossed only \$4 million and was considered a box-office disappointment, though it received positive reviews from critics. Home video and DVD sales, as well as repeated television airings, resulted in the film subsequently becoming a [cult classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_film "Cult film").[\[50\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-KeelingPollard2008-50) Concurrently with the 1971 film, the [Quaker Oats Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Oats_Company "Quaker Oats Company") introduced a line of [sweets](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Willy_Wonka_Candy_Company "The Willy Wonka Candy Company") whose marketing uses the book's characters and imagery.[\[51\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-51)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ExpoSYFY_-_Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(8521128271\).jpg)
Golden Ticket from the 2005 film *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")* on display at a convention in Spain
[Warner Bros.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Entertainment "Warner Bros. Entertainment") and the Dahl estate reached an agreement in 1998 to produce another film version of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, with the Dahl family receiving total artistic control. The project languished in [development hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_hell "Development hell") until [Tim Burton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton "Tim Burton") signed on to direct in 2003. The film, titled *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(film\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)")*, stars [Johnny Depp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp "Johnny Depp") as Willy Wonka. It was released in 2005 to positive reviews and massive box office returns, becoming the [eighth-highest-grossing film of the year](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_in_film "2005 in film").[\[52\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-52)
In October 2016 *[Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_\(magazine\) "Variety (magazine)")* reported that Warner Bros. had acquired the rights to the Willy Wonka character from the Roald Dahl Estate and would be planning a new film centred on him with [David Heyman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Heyman "David Heyman") producing.[\[53\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-53) In February 2018 [Paul King](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_King_\(director\) "Paul King (director)") entered final negotiations to direct the film.[\[54\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-54) In May 2021, it was reported that the film would be a musical titled *[Wonka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonka_\(film\) "Wonka (film)")*, with [Timothée Chalamet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timoth%C3%A9e_Chalamet "Timothée Chalamet") playing a younger version of Wonka in an [origin story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_story "Origin story").[\[55\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-55) King was confirmed as director and co-writer along with the comedian [Simon Farnaby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Farnaby "Simon Farnaby"); the film was released globally in December 2023.[\[56\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-56)
- In 1983 the BBC produced an adaptation for [Radio 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_4 "BBC Radio 4"). Titled *Charlie*, it aired in seven episodes between 6 February and 20 March.[\[57\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-57)
- In 1983 a [miniseries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniseries "Miniseries") titled *Kalle Och Chokladfabriken* was aired on Swedish television. The series consisted of highly detailed static illustrations that were accompanied by an unseen narrator reading an adapted translation of the novel, in a manner similar to the BBC television series *[Jackanory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackanory "Jackanory")*.[\[58\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-58)
- In 1985 the [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* video game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(1985_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1985 video game)") was released for the [ZX Spectrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum "ZX Spectrum") by the developer Soft Options and the publisher Hill MacGibbon.
- A loose Russian translation of the "Miss Bigelow" song was adapted as a short cartoon in 1995, part of the *[Happy Merry-Go-Round](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Merry-Go-Round "Happy Merry-Go-Round")* series[\[59\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-59)
- A video game, *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(2005_video_game\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 video game)")*, based on Burton's adaptation, was released on 11 July 2005.
- On 1 April 2006 the British theme park [Alton Towers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alton_Towers "Alton Towers") opened a [family attraction themed around the story](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory:_The_Ride "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride"). The ride featured a boat section, where guests travel around the chocolate factory in bright pink boats on a chocolate river. In the final stage of the ride, guests enter one of two glass [lifts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator "Elevator"), where they join Willy Wonka as they travel round the factory, eventually shooting up and out through the glass roof.[\[60\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-60) Running for nine years, the ride was closed for good at the end of the 2015 season.
- The Estate of Roald Dahl sanctioned an operatic adaptation called *[The Golden Ticket](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ticket_\(opera\) "The Golden Ticket (opera)")*. It was written by the American composer Peter Ash and the British [librettist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librettist "Librettist") Donald Sturrock. *The Golden Ticket* has completely original music and was commissioned by [American Lyric Theater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Lyric_Theater "American Lyric Theater"), Lawrence Edelson (producing artistic director) and [Felicity Dahl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Dahl "Felicity Dahl"). The opera received its world premiere at the [Opera Theatre of Saint Louis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_Theatre_of_Saint_Louis "Opera Theatre of Saint Louis") on 13 June 2010, in a co-production with American Lyric Theater and [Wexford Festival Opera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wexford_Festival_Opera "Wexford Festival Opera").[\[61\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-61)
[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Theatre_Royal_20130408_023.JPG)
*[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)")* musical playing at [Drury Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane") in the [West End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre "West End theatre") of London in 2013
- A musical based on the novel, titled *[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)")*, premiered at the [West End](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre "West End theatre")'s [Theatre Royal, Drury Lane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Drury_Lane "Theatre Royal, Drury Lane") in May 2013 and officially opened on 25 June.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Musical-62) The show was directed by [Sam Mendes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Mendes "Sam Mendes"), with new songs by [Marc Shaiman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Shaiman "Marc Shaiman") and [Scott Wittman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Wittman "Scott Wittman"), and stars [Douglas Hodge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hodge "Douglas Hodge") as Willy Wonka.[\[62\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Musical-62) The production broke records for weekly ticket sales.[\[63\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-London_weekly_ticket_sales-63)
- In July 2017 an animated film *[Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry:_Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory "Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory")* was released in which the [titular cat and mouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry "Tom and Jerry") were put into the story of the 1971 film.
- On 27 November 2018 [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") was revealed to be developing an "animated series event" based on Roald Dahl's books, which will include a television series based on *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* and the novel's sequel *Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator*.[\[64\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-64)[\[65\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-65) On 5 March 2020 it was reported that [Taika Waititi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi "Taika Waititi") will write, direct, and executive-produce both the series and a spin-off animated series focused on the Oompa Loompas.[\[66\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-66)
- In 2021 the Melbourne-based comedians Big Big Big released a six part podcast called *The Candyman* that satirically presents events at the chocolate factory in a [true crime](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_crime "True crime") genre.[\[67\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-67)
- An unlicensed attraction, "[Willy's Chocolate Experience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy%27s_Chocolate_Experience "Willy's Chocolate Experience")", opened on 24 February 2024 in [Glasgow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow "Glasgow"), and closed within a day. The event was advertised using highly misleading AI-generated artwork, promising features such as "an enchanted garden, an Imagination Lab, a Twilight Tunnel, and captivating entertainment", though instead contained a low-effort mock-up of a chocolate factory in a mostly empty warehouse.[\[68\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-68) The event spawned many [internet memes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme "Internet meme"), and featured factory tours offered by several actors playing Willy Wonka, that involved a story in which Wonka would defeat an "evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls" called "The Unknown". According to the actor Paul Connell, who portrayed Willy Wonka in the tours, his script contained "15 pages of AI-generated gibberish".[\[69\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-69) Despite the high entrance fee and promised chocolate theme of the event, guests were only given a single jellybean and a cup of lemonade, and the misleading advertisements led to the police being called to the event shortly prior to it being shut down.[\[70\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-70)
On 27 November 2018 [Netflix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix "Netflix") and The Roald Dahl Story Company jointly announced that Netflix would be producing an animated series based on Dahl's books, including *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*, *Matilda*, *The BFG*, *The Twits* and other titles. Production commenced on the first of the Netflix Dahl animated series in 2019.[\[71\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-71) On 5 March 2020 *[Variety](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_\(website\) "Variety (website)")* announced that [Taika Waititi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taika_Waititi "Taika Waititi") was partnering with Netflix on a pair of animated series – one based on the world of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* and another based on the Oompa-Loompa characters. "The shows will retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time," Netflix said.[\[72\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-72) On 23 February 2022 [Mikros Animation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikros_Animation "Mikros Animation") revealed that they would be producing a new collaboration with Netflix. The collaboration was announced as *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*. The long-format animated event series is based on the 1964 novel and is written, directed and executive produced by Waititi.[\[73\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-73)[\[74\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-74)
The book has been recorded a number of times:
- Dahl himself narrated an abridged version of the book in 1975 for [Caedmon Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caedmon_Audio "Caedmon Audio") (CDL 51476).[\[75\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-75)
- In 2002 the former [Monty Python](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python "Monty Python") member [Eric Idle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle "Eric Idle") narrated the audiobook version of the American Edition of *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* on [Harper Childrens Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HarperCollins "HarperCollins") ([ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0060852801](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0060852801 "Special:BookSources/978-0060852801")
).[\[76\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-76)[\[77\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-77)
- In 2004 [James Bolam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bolam "James Bolam") narrated an abridged recording of the story for [Puffin Audiobooks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_Books "Puffin Books") ([ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-086818-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-086818-6 "Special:BookSources/0-14-086818-6")
).[\[78\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-78)
- [Douglas Hodge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hodge "Douglas Hodge"), who played Willy Wonka in the London production of the [stage musical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory_\(musical\) "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (musical)"),[\[79\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-79) narrated the UK Edition of the audiobook for [Penguin Audio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Audio "Penguin Audio") in 2013 ([ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0141370293](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0141370293 "Special:BookSources/978-0141370293")
), and the title was later released on [Audible](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audible_\(service\) "Audible (service)").[\[80\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-80)
*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* has undergone numerous editions and been illustrated by numerous artists.[\[81\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-81)
- 1964, OCLC 9318922 (hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., original, first US edition, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
- 1967, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[9783125737600](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783125737600 "Special:BookSources/9783125737600")
(hardcover, George Allen & Unwin, original, first UK edition, illustrated by Faith Jaques)
- 1973, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-394-81011-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-394-81011-2 "Special:BookSources/0-394-81011-2")
(hardcover, revised Oompa Loompa edition)
- 1976, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-87129-220-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87129-220-3 "Special:BookSources/0-87129-220-3")
(paperback)
- 1980, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-553-15097-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-553-15097-9 "Special:BookSources/0-553-15097-9")
(paperback, illustrated by Joseph Schindelman)
- 1984, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-1403-0599-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-1403-0599-8 "Special:BookSources/0-1403-0599-8")
(UK paperback, illustrated by [Faith Jaques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Jaques "Faith Jaques"))
- 1985, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-031824-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-031824-0 "Special:BookSources/0-14-031824-0")
(paperback, illustrated by [Michael Foreman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman_\(illustrator\) "Michael Foreman (illustrator)"))
- 1987, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[1-85089-902-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85089-902-9 "Special:BookSources/1-85089-902-9")
(hardcover)
- 1988, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-606-04032-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-606-04032-3 "Special:BookSources/0-606-04032-3")
([prebound](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prebound "Prebound"))
- 1992, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-89966-904-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89966-904-2 "Special:BookSources/0-89966-904-2")
([library binding](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_binding "Library binding"), reprint)
- 1995 (illustrated by [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake"))
- 1998, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-130115-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-130115-5 "Special:BookSources/0-14-130115-5")
(paperback)
- 2001, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-375-81526-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-81526-0 "Special:BookSources/0-375-81526-0")
(hardcover)
- 2001, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-131130-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-131130-4 "Special:BookSources/0-14-131130-4")
(illustrated by [Quentin Blake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Blake "Quentin Blake"))
- 2002, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-060-51065-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-060-51065-X "Special:BookSources/0-060-51065-X")
(audio CD read by [Eric Idle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle "Eric Idle"))
- 2003, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-375-91526-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-375-91526-5 "Special:BookSources/0-375-91526-5")
(library binding)
- 2004, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-14-240108-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-240108-0 "Special:BookSources/0-14-240108-0")
(paperback)
- [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[0-8488-2241-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8488-2241-2 "Special:BookSources/0-8488-2241-2")
(hardcover)
- 2011, [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN (identifier)")
[978-0-14-310633-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310633-3 "Special:BookSources/978-0-14-310633-3")
(paperback), Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, cover by [Ivan Brunetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Brunetti "Ivan Brunetti")
- 2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Modern Classics, 50th anniversary edition)
- 2014, (hardcover, Penguin UK/Puffin celebratory golden edition, illustrated by Sir Quentin Blake)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)
- 2014, (double-cover paperback)[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)
### 50th anniversary cover controversy
\[[edit](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory&action=edit§ion=18 "Edit section: 50th anniversary cover controversy")\]
The cover photo of the 50th anniversary edition, published by [Penguin Modern Classics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books "Penguin Books") for sale in the UK and aimed at the adult market, received widespread commentary and criticism.[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Talbot,_Margaret-83) The cover is a photo of a heavily made up young girl seated on her mother's knee and wearing a doll-like expression, taken by the photographers Sofia Sanchez and Mauro Mongiello as part of a photo shoot for a French magazine, for a 2008 fashion article titled "Mommie Dearest."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)[\[84\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-84) In addition to writing that "the image seemingly has little to do with the beloved children's classic",[\[85\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-85) reviewers and commentators in social media (such as posters on the publisher's Facebook page) have said the art evokes *[Lolita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita "Lolita")*, *[Valley of the Dolls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Dolls_\(film\) "Valley of the Dolls (film)")*, and [JonBenet Ramsey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JonBenet_Ramsey "JonBenet Ramsey"); looks like a scene from *[Toddlers & Tiaras](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddlers_%26_Tiaras "Toddlers & Tiaras")*; and is "misleading," "creepy," "sexualised," "grotesque," "misjudged on every level," "distasteful and disrespectful to a gifted author and his work," "pretentious," "trashy", "outright inappropriate," "terrifying," "really obnoxious," and "weird & kind of paedophilic."[\[82\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-BBC_News-82)[\[86\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-86)[\[87\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-87)
The publisher explained its objective in a blog post accompanying the announcement about the jacket art: "This new image . . . looks at the children at the center of the story, and highlights the way Roald Dahl's writing manages to embrace both the light and the dark aspects of life."[\[88\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-88) Additionally, Penguin Press's Helen Conford told the Bookseller: "We wanted something that spoke about the other qualities in the book. It's a children's story that also steps outside children's and people aren't used to seeing Dahl in that way." She continued: "\[There is\] a lot of ill feeling about it, I think because it's such a treasured book and a book which isn't really a 'crossover book'" As she acknowledged: "People want it to remain as a children's book."
*The New Yorker* describes what it calls this "strangely but tellingly misbegotten" cover design thusly: "The image is a photograph, taken from a French fashion shoot, of a glassy-eyed, heavily made-up little girl. Behind her sits, a mother figure, stiff and coiffed, casting an ominous shadow. The girl, with her long, perfectly waved [platinum-blond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond#platinum_blond "Blond") hair and her pink [feather boa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feather_boa "Feather boa"), looks like a pretty and inert doll—" The article continues: "And if the [Stepford daughter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives "The Stepford Wives") on the cover is meant to remind us of Veruca Salt or Violet Beauregarde, she doesn't: those badly behaved squirts are bubbling over with rude life." Moreover, writes Talbot, "The Modern Classics cover has not a whiff of this validation of childish imagination; instead, it seems to imply a deviant adult audience."[\[83\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_note-Talbot,_Margaret-83)
1. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-1)**
["Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-by-Dahl). *[Britannica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica "Encyclopædia Britannica")*. Retrieved 5 August 2021. "The five children are greeted outside the factory by the eccentric visionary Willy Wonka."
2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-2)**
["Repton School 'helped inspire Dahl' to write Charlie"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806). BBC. 12 November 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181014053337/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-14896806) from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
3. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-3)**
["Chocolate Wars, The inspiration for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2005/07/real-life-espionage-that-inspired-dahl-s-classic.html). *Slate*. Retrieved 27 July 2021. "During Dahl's childhood, the two largest British candy firms, Cadbury and Rowntree, sent so many moles to work in competitors' factories that their spying became legendary"
4. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-4)** Bathroom Readers' Institute. "You're My inspiration." *Uncle John's Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Reader*. Ashland: Bathroom Reader's Press, 2005. 13.
5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-5)**
["This classic has been named the nation's most-loved children's book"](https://www.scotsman.com/business/consumer/classic-has-been-named-nations-most-loved-childrens-book-3076005). *The Scotsman*. Retrieved 14 July 2022. "*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* has been named the nation's most-loved children's book. Three of Roald Dahl's children's novels dominate the top of a list of the best bedtime stories with *The BFG* coming second, and in third place, *Matilda*."
6. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-6)**
["Roald Dahl voted best author in primary teachers survey"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17337146). *BBC*. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2015. "In this survey of primary school teachers Dahl also placed five books in the top ten: *Charlie*, *The Twits*, *Danny the Champion of the World*, *The BFG*, and *George's Marvellous Medicine*"
7. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Argus_7-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Argus_7-1)
["REVEALED: Top 50 children's books and top 20 best-loved children's characters"](https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/11839644.amp/). *Telegraph and Argus*. Retrieved 14 July 2022. "1\. *Charlie and The Chocolate Factory* – Roald Dahl"
8. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-8)**
Flood, Alison (9 January 2012). ["Roald Dahl stamps honour classic children's author"](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2012/jan/09/roald-dahl-stamps-classic-childrens-author). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
9. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-9)** Martin Chilton (18 November 2010) [The 25 best children's books](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8143303/The-25-best-childrens-books.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180215043536/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8143303/The-25-best-childrens-books.html) 15 February 2018 at the [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine "Wayback Machine") *[The Daily Telegraph](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph "The Daily Telegraph")*
10. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-guardian_10-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-guardian_10-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-guardian_10-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-guardian_10-3)
Siddique, Haroon (13 September 2017). ["Charlie and the Chocolate Factory hero 'was originally black'"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/13/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-hero-originally-black-roald-dahl). *The Guardian*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170913113007/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/13/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-hero-originally-black-roald-dahl) from the original on 13 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
11. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-11)**
Russo, Maria (22 September 2017). ["The Real Story Behind Roald Dahl's 'Black Charlie'"](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/books/review/roald-dahl-black-charlie-chocolate-factory.html). *[The New York Times](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times "The New York Times")*. [ISSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN_\(identifier\) "ISSN (identifier)") [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170926220926/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/books/review/roald-dahl-black-charlie-chocolate-factory.html) from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
12. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-12)**
Blair, Elizabeth (24 February 2023). ["Roald Dahl's publisher responds to backlash by keeping 'classic' texts in print"](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/24/1159224907/roald-dahls-publisher-responds-to-backlash-by-keeping-classic-texts-in-print). *NPR*. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
13. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Telegraph_13-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Telegraph_13-1)
Cumming, Ed; Buchanan, Abigail; Holl-Allen, Genevieve; Smith, Benedict (24 February 2023). ["The Writing of Roald Dahl"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/17/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-offensive-matilda-witches-twits/#the-witches). *The Telegraph*. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
14. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-14)**
Dahl, Roald (1964). [*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://archive.org/details/charliechocolate0000dahl) (1st ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 89.
15. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-3) [***e***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-4) [***f***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-5) [***g***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-6) [***h***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-7) [***i***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-Kennedy-14_15-8)
Kennedy, Maev (29 August 2014). ["Lost chapter of Charlie and Chocolate Factory published"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/lost-chapter-charlie-chocolate-factory-roald-dahl-quentin-blake-illustration). *The Guardian*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160916175322/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/lost-chapter-charlie-chocolate-factory-roald-dahl-quentin-blake-illustration) from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
16. ^ [***a***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-0) [***b***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-1) [***c***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-2) [***d***](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_and_the_Chocolate_Factory#cite_ref-lost_chapter_16-3)
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