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In its short-story form, Galloping Foxley is an excellent and typically horrifying tale of British public-school abuses and ritual humiliation. I have always loved Dahl's most sinister and dark work and this story is darkened further by the clear note of autobiography evident within it. Galloping Foxley 'Galloping Foxley' is a short story by Roald Dahl that first appeared in the November 1953 issue of Town & Country. It was included in the 1953 collection Someone Like You, and was later adapted in an episode of Tales of The Unexpected.

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'Galloping Foxley' Plot/Description. This story has a very autobiographical feeling to it, and one can't help but wonder whether it actually happened to Dahl or not. His feelings about the English Public School system are well– documented (see Boy – Tales of Childhood or Jeremy Treglown's 'Roald Dahl: A Biography'), and he loads this short story full of so many intense details that it.

My author study of Roald Dahl started with a reading of his Collected StoriesGalloping foxley review while watching the accompanying episode of

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Tales of the Unexpected. Each Friday I'll recap a story and show (with spoilers, just so you know), but I encourage you to read and watch them on your own if you're interested!

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Galloping Foxley Review

'Galloping Foxley' from Collected Stories (read 1/10/19)
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Galloping Foxley Analysis

Mr. Perkins is an old man who loves his daily routine and commute is shaken when a stranger starts taking the same train as him. Something about the stranger seems familiar - his looks, the way he talks... It makes Mr. Perkins feel slightly afraid. Then he realizes this man was his school bully! He remembers all of the awful things this bully did to him, and is determined to politely embarrass the bully. He introduces himself, and the bully introduces himself back - it's not the bully.

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'Galloping Foxley' from Tales of the Unexpected (viewed 1/10/19)

The film was pretty similar to the story, with some changes to make it more visually appealing. At the end, Perkins told everyone the awful things that happened at school before asking the man to introduce himself, and it turned out the man wasn't the bully. I liked this more than in the story where Perkins only introduced himself. Though I'm still half convinced, in the film version, that the man WAS the bully, and was just lying because that's the type of person he is. Who would listen to those awful things being said about them and then admit they are that person??