The Way Up to Heaven

the long version

The Way Up to Heaven is a brilliant gem of a short story from Roald Dahl, the master of the sting in the tail. In The Way Up to Heaven, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a woman obsessed with punctuality makes a fateful decision . . . Also contained in: [Alle Verhalen](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24208237W) [Bennett Cerf's Take Along Treasury](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL4447219W) [Best of Roald Dahl](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45879W/The_Best_of_Roald_Dahl) [Best of Roald Dahl](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17495745W) [Collected Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL10561689W) [Coup de gigot et autres histoires à faire peur](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17424265W) [Happy Endings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2790990W) [Kiss Kiss](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16248853W/Kiss_Kiss) [Madness](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL21136305W) [Mysterious, Menacing & Macabre](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6335654W) [Recollections](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13315578W) [Roald Dahl Omnibus](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091154W/The_Roald_Dahl_Omnibus) [Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15332224W) [Second Roald Dahl Selection](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL10561719W) [Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary: Second Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5367202W) [Short Fiction: Classic and Contemporary: Third Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18013409W) [Tales of the Unexpected](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45877W) [Taste of the Unexpected](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15091197W) [Umbrella Man and Other Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL45862W/The_Umbrella_Man_and_Other_Stories)