Title: The Way Up to Heaven

Title: The Way Up to Heaven Title Record # 94963
Author: Roald Dahl
Date: 1954-02-27
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: The Fosters are a married couple who dispute about departing on time. He baits her by purposely being perpetually late. The last straw is the departure for a trip to Paris. Mrs. Foster leaves without Mr. Foster. On her return, he isn't waiting for her. We find out, indirectly, that she may have deliberately left him in a broken-down elevator the whole time she was away.

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Year	Title
2000	The Way up to Heaven

Year	Language	Title
1961^ⓘTranslated by Hans Edinga	Dutch	Op weg naar de hemel
1961^ⓘTranslated by Pentti Saarikoski	Finnish	Tie taivaaseen
1966^ⓘTranslated by Wolfheinrich von der Mülbe	German	Der Weg zum Himmel
1972	Italian	La via verso il cielo
1985^ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand	German	Der Weg zum Himmel
2003^ⓘThe Way Up to Heaven Translated by Elisabeth Gaspar as Tous les chemins mènent au ciel	French	Tous les chemins mènent au ciel

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The New Yorker, February 27, 1954	1954-02-27	ed. Editors of the New Yorker					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Kiss Kiss	1960-00-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph		15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1960-00-00	Roald Dahl	McClelland & Stewart		C$4.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	255	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1960-02-08	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.95^?$: US dollar	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1961-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	F128	$0.50^?$: US dollar	288	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1962-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	1832	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1965-00-00	Roald Dahl	Dell	4572	$0.60^?$: US dollar	223	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	George Ziel
Kiss Kiss	1966-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	1832	4/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	233	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Kiss Kiss	1968-10-00	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf		$3.95^?$: US dollar	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Charles E. Skaggs
Hanging by a Thread	1969-10-00	ed. Joan Kahn	Houghton Mifflin		$7.95^?$: US dollar	xix+ 604	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl	1969-11-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-0697-0	£^?£: UK pound	442	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Hanging by a Thread	1970-00-00	ed. Joan Kahn	W. H. Allen	0-491-00175-4	42/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	xix+ 604	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Kiss Kiss	1970-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books			232	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Omnific
Kiss Kiss	1972-11-00	Roald Dahl	Pocket Books	0-671-77559-6	$0.95^?$: US dollar	229	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Happy Endings	1974-07-00	ed. Damon Knight	Bobbs-Merrill Company	0-672-51879-1	$8.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 205	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of Roald Dahl	1978-05-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-394-72549-2 / V-549	$6.95^?$: US dollar	xv+ 401	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-1751-4	£5.95^?£: UK pound	256	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-02-22	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£^?£: UK pound	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1979-09-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-394-74081-5 / V-81	$2.95^?$: US dollar	[6]+ 471+ [2]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1980-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-005131-7	£0.95^?£: UK pound	181	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Mysterious, Menacing & Macabre	1981-09-00	ed. Helen Hoke	Elsevier / Nelson Books	0-525-66753-9	$11.50^?$: US dollar	148	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Kiss Kiss	1984-00-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-001832-8	£1.95^?£: UK pound	231	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Completely Unexpected Tales	1986-09-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-009820-8	£2.95^?£: UK pound	405	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni
A Second Roald Dahl Selection	1987-00-00	Roald Dahl	Longman	0-582-22499-3		iii+ 150	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	1990-08-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-679-72989-5	$10.95^?$: US dollar	471	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Seth Jaben
The Best of Roald Dahl	1990-08-00	Roald Dahl	Vintage Books	0-679-72991-7	$10.95^?$: US dollar	vi+ 520	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Jo Bonney
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	1991-09-00	Roald Dahl	Michael Joseph	0-7181-3545-8	£15.99^?£: UK pound	iv+ 762	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	1998-05-00	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-87854-5	$16.99^?$: US dollar	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2000-07-00	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (US)	0-14-130271-2	$6.99^?$: US dollar	279	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Brian Cairns
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories	2001-09-27	Roald Dahl	Puffin / Penguin Books (UK)	0-14-131150-9	£5.99^?£: UK pound	264	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Martin O'Neill
A Taste of the Unexpected	2005-05-00	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books (Pocket Penguin 70's #10)	0-14-102298-1	£1.50^?£: UK pound	55	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Billie J.
Collected Stories	2006-10-17	Roald Dahl	Alfred A. Knopf (Everyman's Library #300)	0-307-26490-4	$30.00^?$: US dollar	xxxviii+ 850	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Tales of the Unexpected	2008-09-01	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books Australia (Popular Penguins)	978-0-14-103757-8	A$9.95^?A$: Australian dollar	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2008-11-25	Roald Dahl	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-7880-3	$16.99^?$: US dollar	288	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	2013-06-20	Roald Dahl	Speak / Penguin Books (US)	978-1-101-63628-2	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Martin O'Neill
The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories	2013-09-05	Roald Dahl	Puffin (Roald Dahl Short Stories)	978-0-14-134788-2	£6.99^?£: UK pound	272	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Martin O'Neill
Best Murder Stories	date unknown	ed. Cyril Ray	Faber and Faber		22/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	224	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Kiss Kiss	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books	0-14-001832-8	£3.99^?£: UK pound	231	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Penguin Books India	978-0-14-015807-6	Rs 499.00	762	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Elizabeth Thomas
The Hitch-hiker: and Other Short Stories	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Lire en anglais)	2-253-05029-6		215	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Alexandre Deïneka
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories	date unknown	Roald Dahl	Viking	0-670-87854-5	$16.99^?$: US dollar	279	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Brian Cairns

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