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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Roald Dahl's The Landlady. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Spooky Stories. In 1983, Roald Dahl selected and published a collection of other writers’ ghost stories, explaining in the introduction that “The Landlady” was the closest he ever came to writing his own ghost story.
Success and Tragedy. “The Landlady” received great acclaim, and in 1960 it won the prize for “Best Short Story Mystery” at the Edgar Awards. Meanwhile, the 1960s were tragic years for Dahl personally; his son suffered from ill health, and both his mother and his eldest daughter died.