Matilda by Roald Dahl (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Matilda by Roald Dahl. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including childhood and friendship. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 22-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Roald Dahl
• Presentation of Matilda
• Summary of Matilda
• Character study
  • Matilda
  • Miss Honey
  • Miss Trunchbull
  • Mr Wormwood
  • Mrs Wormwood
• Analysis of Matilda
  • Actantial model
  • Plot outline
  • A novel for young readers

About Matilda

Matilda was first published in 1988. It tells the story of an extremely intelligent little girl called Matilda, whose gifts are rejected by her parents, who care nothing for education. However, Matilda is not only intellectually gifted – she also discovers that she has telekinetic powers. With their help, she helps her schoolteacher, the appropriately named Miss Honey, to escape her terrifying, controlling aunt, Miss Trunchbull.

Matilda is one of Dahl’s classic children’s novels and is still popular to this day. It has been adapted for both the cinema and the theater. Although the film version was not very successful in terms of box office sales, it was very well received by critics.

About Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is one of the best-known children’s authors of all time, and his books have sold over 250 million copies to date. His most famous stories include Matilda, George’s Marvellous Medicine, The Witches and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and many of his books have inspired successful film and television adaptations. He also wrote many short stories, some novels for adults, and a successful autobiography, Boy – Tales of Childhood.

Dahl died in 1990. Since then, Roald Dahl Day has been celebrated in the UK every year on the 13^th September, the author’s birthday.