Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl | Characters
Although some readers might consider Dahl's characters stereotypical, such universal personalities as exhibited by Claud, Rummins, and Bert appear hilarious in their specific individual meanderings.
Claud's thinking skills are revealed as less than perfect through his involvement in a sequence of get-rich-quick schemes. Unable to recognize the difference between faulty and accurate information, Claud is easily led astray. As he and the rest of the Rummins family begin to believe Boggis in "Parson's Pleasure," Claud becomes increasingly fascinated with the valuable tidbits of...
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