Global InformationThe Vicar of Nibbleswicke information
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| Author | Roald Dahl |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Quentin Blake |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Century |
Publication date | February 1991 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 24 |
| ISBN | 0-7126-4991-3 |
| OCLC | 30564890 |
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke is a children's story written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was first published in 1991, after Dahl's death the previous year, by Century.[1]
The protagonist is a dyslexic vicar, the Reverend Lee, who has a unique and amusing form of dyslexia which means that he pronounces words backwards, not realising that it is affecting his sermons. Waterstones called it "a comic tale in the best Dahl tradition of craziness".[2]
Prior to the book, Dahl had been assisting with the British Dyslexia Association's Awareness Campaign.[3] The Vicar of Nibbleswicke was written to benefit the Dyslexia Institute in London (now Dyslexia Action), with Dahl and Blake donating their rights.[4]
- ^ "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke". fantasticfiction.co.uk.
- ^ "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (Paperback)". Waterstones. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Solomon, Tom (2016). Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine. Liverpool University Press. p. 125.
- ^ "Home - Dyslexia Action". dyslexiaaction.org.uk.