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Roald Dahl

First published 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Sir Basil Turton, an art collector, marries a woman he has nothing in common with. She treats him badly and cheats on him. A piece of artwork eventually gives him the opportunity to revenge himself on her by terrifying her.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1953 Cover Someone Like You Alfred A. Knopf Collection
1961 Cover Someone Like You Michael Joseph Collection
August 1961 Cover Someone Like You Dell Collection 156
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 133
1972 Cover Someone Like You Pocket Books Collection
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 122
1980 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Penguin Books Collection 102
November 1980 Cover Stories of Fear William Kimber Anthology 19
September 1986 Cover Completely Unexpected Tales Penguin Books Omnibus
August 1990 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Vintage Books Collection
September 1991 The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Michael Joseph Omnibus 545
May 1998 Cover The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Viking Collection 256
July 2000 Cover The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Puffin / Penguin Books (US) Collection 256
September 2001 Cover The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Collection 243
October 2006 Cover Collected Stories Alfred A. Knopf Collection 385
September 2008 Cover Tales of the Unexpected Penguin Books Australia Collection 102
November 2008 Cover The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Paw Prints Collection |256
December 2009 Cover Someone Like You Penguin Books Collection
December 2009 Cover Someone Like You Penguin Books Collection
June 2013 Cover The Umbrella Man and Other Stories Speak / Penguin Books (US) Collection |13
September 2013 Cover The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories Puffin Collection