Title: Parson's Pleasure

Title: Parson's Pleasure Title Record # 772561
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1958-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: novelette
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: An antiques collector finds a priceless piece of furniture in a farmhouse. He convinces the owner it's worthless, but buys it for a small sum because, he says, he could use the legs for building something else. While he steps out of the house, the farmer decides to help him out by cutting up the worthless thing for firewood and saving the legs.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Hans Edinga	Dutch	Dominee's liefhebberij
1961^ⓘTranslated by Pentti Saarikoski	Finnish	Pastorin huvi
1966^ⓘTranslated by Wolfheinrich von der Mülbe of 'The Parson's Pleasure'	German	Des Pfarrers Freude
2003^ⓘParson's Pleasure Translated by Elisabeth Gaspar as Un beau dimanche	French	Un beau dimanche

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Kiss Kiss	1960-00-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1960-00-00	Roald Dahl	McClelland & Stewart		C$4.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1960-02-08	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.95^?$: US dollar	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1961-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	F128	$0.50^?$: US dollar	288	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Op weg naar de hemel	1961-00-00	Roald Dahl	Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #11)	E11		244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1962-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	1832	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Op weg naar de hemel	1963-00-00	Roald Dahl	Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #11)	E11	ƒ4.50	244	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Hiemstra / Bouthoorn
Kiss Kiss	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	4572	$0.60^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	George Ziel
Kiss Kiss	1966-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	1832	4/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Küsschen, Küsschen!	1966-00-00	Roald Dahl	Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #835)	835	DM 2.20^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	182	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jürgen Wulff^?Juergen Wulff
Kiss Kiss	1968-10-00	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.95^?$: US dollar	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles E. Skaggs
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl	1969-11-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-0697-0	£^?£: UK pound	442	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Kiss Kiss	1970-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books			232	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Omnific
Küsschen, Küsschen!	1970-00-00	Roald Dahl	Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #835)	3-499-10835-6	DM2.80	182	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jürgen Wulff^?Juergen Wulff
Kiss Kiss	1972-11-00	Roald Dahl	Pocket Books	0-671-77559-6	$0.95^?$: US dollar	229	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Küsschen, Küsschen!	1976-00-00	Roald Dahl	Büchergilde Gutenberg	3-7632-1986-2		252	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten	1977-00-00	Roald Dahl	Volk und Welt		M 6.20^?M: East German mark	304	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Fireside Reader	1978-00-00	ed. Editors of Reader's Digest	Reader's Digest			639	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of Roald Dahl	1978-05-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-394-72549-2 / V-549	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 401	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1751-4	£5.95^?£: UK pound	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-22	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£^?£: UK pound	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-09-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-394-74081-5 / V-81	$2.95^?$: US dollar	[6]+ 471+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1980-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£0.95^?£: UK pound	181	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Küßchen, Küßchen!^?Kuesschen, Kuesschen!	1980-10-00	Roald Dahl	Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft	01079 3		446	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Wolfgang Lauter
Lammkeule und andere Geschichten	1983-00-00	Roald Dahl	Volk und Welt	6471633	M 6.40^?M: East German mark	304	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Regine Schulz , Burckhard Labowski
Kiss Kiss	1984-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-001832-8	£1.95^?£: UK pound	231	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Rakkaani, kyyhkyläiseni / Joku kaltaisesi	1985-00-00	Roald Dahl	Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho	951-643-680-3		258+ 198	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Completely Unexpected Tales	1986-09-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-009820-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life	1990-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-011847-0	£5.99^?£: UK pound	ix+ 162	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Caple
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life	1990-04-00	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-58265-9	$18.95^?$: US dollar	ix+ 179	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Lawrence
Tales of the Unexpected	1990-08-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-679-72989-5	$10.95^?$: US dollar	471	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Seth Jaben
The Best of Roald Dahl	1990-08-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-679-72991-7	$10.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 520	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jo Bonney
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	1991-09-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-3545-8	£15.99^?£: UK pound	iv+ 762	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Lamb to the Slaughter and Other Stories	1995-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Penguin 60s #55)	0-14-600055-2	$0.95^?$: US dollar	87	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	1998-05-00	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-87854-5	$16.99^?$: US dollar	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns
Ten Short Stories	2000-03-30	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Penguin Student Edition)	0-14-081778-6	£6.99^?£: UK pound	190	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Valerie Conway
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2000-07-00	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (US)	0-14-130271-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	279	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Brian Cairns
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories	2001-09-27	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (UK)	0-14-131150-9	£5.99^?£: UK pound	264	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Martin O'Neill
Kiss Kiss	2003-03-24	Roald Dahl	Gallimard (Folio #1029)	2-07-037029-1	F8.00^?F: French frank	304	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	William Wilson
Collected Stories	2006-10-17	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300)	0-307-26490-4	$30.00^?$: US dollar	xxxviii+ 850	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	2008-09-01	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins)	978-0-14-103757-8	A$9.95^?A$: Australian dollar	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2008-11-25	Roald Dahl	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-7880-3	$16.99^?$: US dollar	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns
Küsschen, Küsschen!	2012-11-00	Roald Dahl	Rowohlt Taschenbuch (rororo #10835)	978-3-499-10835-8		182	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Jürgen Wulff^?Juergen Wulff
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2013-06-20	Roald Dahl	Speak / Penguin Books (US)	978-1-101-63628-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Martin O'Neill
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories	2013-09-05	Roald Dahl	Puffin (Roald Dahl Short Stories)	978-0-14-134788-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Martin O'Neill
Kiss Kiss	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-001832-8	£3.99^?£: UK pound	231	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-87854-5	$16.99^?$: US dollar	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books India	978-0-14-015807-6	Rs 499.00	762	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Elizabeth Thomas

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