Uncle Oswald, or Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, is a fictional character created by Roald Dahl. He is the main character in the novel My Uncle Oswald (1979).
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide.
My Uncle Oswald is an adult novel written by Roald Dahl.
Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, "the greatest fornicator of all time", is a womanizing gadabout, whose motto is never to sleep with one woman twice. He is an oenophile, scorpion and walking stick collector, opera lover, and an expert on Chinese porcelain. He is also wealthy, apparently as a result of morally dubious, maybe even illegal, schemes. In "The Visitor" Oswald stays with a wealthy Syrian and his beautiful wife and daughter; in "Bitch" he funds a scheme to create the perfect aphrodisiac; and in My Uncle Oswald he leads a scheme to sell famous men's sperm. The stories and novel he appears in are introduced by an unnamed nephew (hence the prefix "Uncle") who, on Oswald's passing, inherits his life-spanning diaries, which contain the details of his many exploits.
Oenophilia is a love of wine. In the strictest sense, oenophilia describes a disciplined devotion to wine, accompanying strict traditions of consumption and appreciation. In a general sense however, oenophilia simply refers to the enjoyment of wine, often by laymen. Oenophiles are also known as wine aficionados or connoisseurs. They are people who appreciate or collect wine, particularly grape wines from certain regions, varietal types, or methods of manufacture. While most oenophiles are hobbyists, some may also be professionals like vintners, sommeliers, wine merchants, or one who tastes and grades wines for a living.
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping pedipalps and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger. Scorpions range in size from 9 mm / 0.3 in. to 23 cm / 9 in..
A walking stick is a device used to facilitate walking, for fashion, or for defensive reasons.
In his 1980 review, Vance Bourjaily called "My Uncle Oswald": [1] "summer reading", while Christopher Lehmann-Haupt called it "a festival of bad taste." [2]
Vance Nye Bourjaily was an American novelist, playwright, journalist, creative writing teacher, and essayist.
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt was an American journalist, editor of the New York Times Book Review, critic, and novelist, based in New York City. He served as senior Daily Book Reviewer from 1969 to 1995.
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"The Visitor" is a 1965 short story by British writer Roald Dahl, centered on the fictional Uncle Oswald and the lurid adventures he describes in his elaborate diaries. In this story, set in 1946, Oswald has amorous designs on his Syrian host's wife and teenage daughter, with unfortunate and unexpected consequences.
Switch Bitch (1974) is a book of adult short stories by British writer Roald Dahl. Four stories, originally published in Playboy between 1965 and 1974, are collected. They are linked by themes of sexual deception: in each one some large act of cunning, cruelty, or hedonism underpins the sexuality.
"Bitch" is a short story written by Roald Dahl, and it is the second appearance of Dahl's character Uncle Oswald.
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