The Landlady By Roald Dahl Summary

The Landlady is a creepy tale from author Roald Dahl this is in one of his many anthologies of short stories and is also the story featured in a small tv series based off of his books. The idea that is weaved throughout the story is that most things that seem to good to be true and more than likely are. This story is suspenseful and I'm sure readers will catch onto The Landlady's intentions long before seventeen year old Billy Weaver does. The author creates a sense of foreboding by the way he drops inklings starting with small but soon come together make a whole other side of the old lady one that is psychotic and murderous. The Landlady is a vile predator and Billy Weaver is a naïve young boy who has left his home while he is still very young to pursue his dream of starting a career as a business man. In the beginning of the story the landlady who is portrayed as pleasant and sweet preps the bed and breakfast as if

Billy is then shown to his room where the old lady informs him he must sign his name in the guest book downstairs before he goes to bed Billy assures her he will and the old lady goes on her way. He then settles himself in and and begins to unpack his bag he writes a letter to home which he leaves on the desk as he goes downstairs to do what he was asked. Billy enters the room where the guest book is located and goes to sign it when he notices there are only two other names in the guest book "Christopher Mulholland and Gregory Temple". They seem eerily familiar to Billy as well as the time jump between the last one and his own. He informs the old lady of this but she quickly persuades him from his beliefs convincing him he must be thinking of other people and not the ones she knows. Billy having no reason not to believe the old lady while still contemplating the names is convinced to sit down and drink tea with the old