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Galloping Foxley

Roald Dahl

First published 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Perkins recognizes a man sitting across from him on the commuter train as Foxley, a bully who tormented him at school. But the man apparently doesn't recognize him. Perkins tries to come up with a way to get back at Foxley.

First published in Town & Country, November 1953.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1953 Cover Someone Like You Alfred A. Knopf Collection
1954 Someone Like You Secker & Warburg Collection
1961 Cover Someone Like You Michael Joseph Collection
August 1961 Cover Someone Like You Dell Collection 97
1965 Cover Someone Like You Four Square Books Collection
1965 Cover Someone Like You Dell Collection
November 1969 Cover Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus
1970 Cover Someone Like You Penguin Books Collection 85
1972 Cover Someone Like You Pocket Books Collection
May 1978 Cover The Best of Roald Dahl Vintage Books Collection 117
February 1979 Tales of the Unexpected Michael Joseph Collection
February 1979 Tales of the Unexpected Penguin Books Collection
September 1979 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Vintage Books Collection 82
1980 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Penguin Books Collection 70
September 1986 Cover Completely Unexpected Tales Penguin Books Omnibus
August 1990 Cover The Best of Roald Dahl Vintage Books Collection
August 1990 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Vintage Books Collection
September 1991 The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus 504
February 2000 Cover Skin and Other Stories Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 71
July 2000 Cover Skin and Other Stories Viking Collection 71
September 2001 Cover Skin and Other Stories Puffin Collection 71
January 2002 Skin and Other Stories Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Collection 71
October 2006 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection 413
September 2008 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Penguin Books Australia Collection 70
December 2009 Cover Someone Like You Penguin Books Collection
December 2009 Cover Someone Like You Penguin Books Collection