For example, people from Greece taste greasy, so no giant goes there, while people from Panama taste like hats. They vary their choice of destination both to avoid detection and because the people's origins affect their taste. The BFG explains, in a unique and messy speech, that his nine neighbors are much bigger and stronger giants, who all happily eat humans every night. He explains that although most giants do eat humans, he does not because he is the Big Friendly Giant or BFG. Believing that he intends to eat her, Sophie pleads for her life, but the giant laughs and dismisses the idea. Sophie is carried to a large cave in the middle of a desolate land, where the giant sets her down. The giant sees Sophie, who tries to hide in bed, but the giant picks her up through the window. Looking out of her window, she sees a mysterious Giant Man in the street, carrying a suitcase and a trumpet. Sophie, an eight-year-old girl in an orphanage, cannot sleep.
In 2012, the BFG and Sophie appeared on Royal Mail commemorative postage stamps. In 2012, the novel was ranked number 88 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by School Library Journal, a US monthly. In 2003, The BFG was listed at number 56 in The Big Read, a BBC survey of the British public. A theatrical Disney live-action adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg was released in 2016.Īs of 2009, the novel has sold 37 million copies, with more than 1 million copies sold around the world every year. It has also been adapted as a theatre performance. Īn animated adaptation was released in 1989 with David Jason providing the voice of the BFG and Amanda Root as the voice of Sophie. The book is dedicated to Dahl's late daughter, Olivia, who died of measles encephalitis at the age of seven in 1962. It is an expansion of a short story from Dahl's 1975 book Danny, the Champion of the World. The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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