Talk:The Landlady (short story)

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The film Psycho[edit]

Anyone else notices similarities between this story and Psycho (1960 film)? Should it be worth noting anything about it? (Norman Bates, the inn-keeper/murderer with an obsession with taxidermy?) After all, the script for the film was written the following year. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.130.205.49 (talk • contribs) 03:24, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Only if the connections have already been published elsewhere. Original research has no a few months before Dahl's story. Also, murderous landlord/ladies are nothing new (see H. H. Holmes). Davepattern (talk) 13:46, 29

false Link[edit]

it is linked that it is a book of Dostojewski (Dostoyevsky ) ( in the page of Dostoyevsky ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eagha (talk • contribs) 12:51, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What about the ending?[edit]

Why is the ending not disclosed? It used to be standard that Wikipedia did not shrink from or warn about spoilers. It's not that kind of resource. I looked into the history, and in some earlier versions, the ending is given. Now we just have a teaser, which isn't what I'd expect from an encyclopedia.zadignose (talk) 05:07, 9 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, all the other Dahl articles give the endings. I have restored the full plot. --Lord Belbury (talk) 12:03, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

British English[edit]

There has been some minor edit warring over UK vs US spelling (travelled/traveled). As this is a short story set in Britain and written by a British author, I propose we adhere to British English per MOS:TIES (even if the story was first published in a U.S. magazine). Muzilon (talk) 02:15, 27 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Any link to the murder hotel in Chicago?[edit]

I don't imagine any link could be proven at this point. 74.64.73.24 (talk) 00:13, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As mentioned above, we would need a reliable secondary source stating the story was inspired by H.H. Holmes/Ed Gein/whatever. Muzilon (talk) 01:42, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How did roald write ghprat stories[edit]

Discussion 196.249.104.194 (talk) 12:48, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, what is "ghprat" please? Muzilon (talk) 13:35, 3 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]