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THE LANDLADY. ROALD DAHL. Billy Weaver had travelled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Swindon on the way, and by the time he got to Bath it was about nine o’clock in the evening and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance.
The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a short story about a young man in search of lodgings that is taken in by a seemingly kind and gentle landlady. Read more here.
Billy Weaver is a seventeen-year-old youth who has travelled by train from London to Bath to start a new job. Looking for lodgings, he comes across a boarding-house and feels strangely compelled by its sign saying "Bed and Breakfast".
Full Plot Summary. Seventeen-year-old Billy Weaver has travelled by train from London to Bath on business. When he arrives at the Bath train station it is nighttime and very cold. His boss has instructed him to find his own lodgings, so he asks the porter if there is a cheap place to stay nearby.
Roald Dahl. Billy Weaver had traveled down from London on the slow afternoon train, with a change at Reading on the way, and by the time he got to Bath, it was about nine o’clock in the evening, and the moon was coming up out of a clear starry sky over the houses opposite the station entrance.
Apr 26, 2024 · A full unabridged audiobook of the classic short story, "The Landlord", by William Howitt - complete with sounds and visuals.
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Sep 6, 2010 · "The Landlord" by Wells Tower Originally published in the September 13, 2010 issue of The New Yorker. Despite all of the hype, I never got into Wells Tower’s debut collection of short stories Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned. I tried a story or two from it but didn’t finish them.
