Roald Dahl's Matilda turns 30: Fun facts on the book

It took Dahl at least two years to write and rewrite Matilda. Speaking to interviewer Todd McCormack, Dahl had revealed, "I got it wrong. I'd spent six or eight or nine months writing it and right when I'd finished, it wasn't rightit just wasn't rightI started the whole book again and rewrote every word."

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