Matilda Book Cover

Matilda

by Roald Dhal Year Published: 1988 Children's literature, Humour, Fantasy Fiction

Matilda is an extraordinarily gifted four-year-old whose parentsa crass, dishonest used-car dealer and a self-centered, blowsy bingo addictregard her as "nothing more than a scab." Life with her beastly parents is bearable only because Matilda teaches herself to read, finds the public library, and discovers literature.