Title: Lamb to the Slaughter

Title: Lamb to the Slaughter Title Record # 100039
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1953-09-00
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Non-genre, since it is a conte cruel with a startling nature but nothing at all fantastic about it.

Synopsis: Mary Maloney bashes in her husband's head with a frozen leg of lamb, then puts it in the oven to roast. She prepares her alibi with care and summons the police. They don't suspect this very housewifely and heavily pregnant woman. After they've fruitlessly searched for the intruder and wondered what his weapon could have been, she invites them to eat the lamb, so it won't go to waste.

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Pentti Saarikoski	Finnish	Lampaalla teurastettu
1962^ⓘTranslated by Hans Edinga	Dutch	Lam ter slachtbank
1977^ⓘTranslated by Hans-Heinrich Wellmann	German	Lammkeule

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Someone Like You	1953-00-00	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.50^?$: US dollar	359	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1954-00-00	Roald Dahl	Secker & Warburg		12/6^?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).	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1961-00-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph			295	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Someone Like You	1961-08-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	F139	$0.50^?$: US dollar	320	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	Victor Kalin
M'n liefje, m'n duifje	1962-00-00	Roald Dahl	Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20)	E20		253	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
M'n liefje, m'n duifje	1963-00-00	Roald Dahl	Meulenhoff (Meulenhoff Editie #20)	E20	ƒ4.50	253	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
Someone Like You	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Four Square Books	1229	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).	252	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
Someone Like You	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	8116	$0.60^?$: US dollar	253	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
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
Someone Like You	1970-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-003074-3		270	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
Someone Like You	1972-00-00	Roald Dahl	Pocket Books	0-671-77485-9		246	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
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
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
Demonic, Dangerous & Deadly	1983-00-00	ed. Helen Hoke	Lodestar Books / Dutton	0-525-67141-2	$10.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 143	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	David Christiana
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
Murder on the Menu	1984-04-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh^?Carol-Lynn Roessel Waugh	Avon Books	0-380-86918-7	$3.50^?$: US dollar	310	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.	anth
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
Someone Like You: and Other Short Stories	1989-11-00	Roald Dahl	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Lire en anglais #8605)	2-253-04692-2		191	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	Edward Hopper
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
Skin and Other Stories	2000-02-00	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (UK)	0-14-130553-3	£5.99^?£: UK pound	vii+ 212	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	Bill Gregory
Skin and Other Stories	2000-07-00	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-89184-3	$15.99^?$: US dollar	212	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bill Gregory
Skin and Other Stories	2001-09-27	Roald Dahl	Puffin	0-14-131151-7		[viii]+ 213	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	Bill Gregory
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
Someone Like You	2009-12-07	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	978-0-14-196207-8	£6.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Someone Like You	2009-12-07	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Penguin Modern Classics)	978-0-14-118964-2	£9.99^?£: 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	Adrianna Williams
Someone Like You	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-003074-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound	270	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
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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