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The Bad Seed

A Vintage Movie Classic

A Vintage Movie Classic

By William March

By William March

By William March

By William March

Best Seller
Paperback $17.00

Feb 03, 2015 | ISBN 9781101872659

Ebook $8.99

Feb 03, 2015 | ISBN 9781101872666

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    About The Bad Seed

    The bestselling novel that inspired Mervyn LeRoy’s classic horror film about the little girl who can get away with anything—even murder.
     
    There’s something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she’s the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. But when their neighborhood suffers a series of terrible accidents, her mother begins to wonder: Why do bad things seem to happen when little Rhoda is around?
     
    Originally published in 1954, William March’s final novel was an instant bestseller and National Book Award finalist before it was adapted for the stage and made into a 1956 film. The Bad Seed is an indelible portrait of an evil that wears an innocent face, one which still resonates in popular culture today. 

    With a new foreword by Anna Holmes.

    Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.

    About The Bad Seed

    The bestselling novel that inspired Mervyn LeRoy’s classic horror film about the little girl who can get away with anything—even murder.
     
    There’s something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she’s the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. But when their neighborhood suffers a series of terrible accidents, her mother begins to wonder: Why do bad things seem to happen when little Rhoda is around?
     
    Originally published in 1954, William March’s final novel was an instant bestseller and National Book Award finalist before it was adapted for the stage and made into a 1956 film. The Bad Seed is an indelible portrait of an evil that wears an innocent face, one which still resonates in popular culture today. 

    With a new foreword by Anna Holmes.

    Vintage Movie Classics spotlights classic films that have stood the test of time, now rediscovered through the publication of the novels on which they were based.

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    About William March

    William March (1893–1954), born William Edward March Campbell in Mobile, Alabama, was an American novelist and short-story writer. He served in the Marines during World War I, and was recognized with the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the… More about William March

    About William March

    William March (1893–1954), born William Edward March Campbell in Mobile, Alabama, was an American novelist and short-story writer. He served in the Marines during World War I, and was recognized with the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the… More about William March

    Product Details

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 03, 2015 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9781101872659

    Category: Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 03, 2015 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781101872666

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    Praise

    “William March knows where human fears and secrets are buried. . . . Nowhere is this gift better displayed than in The Bad Seed.” —The New York Times
     
    “An impeccable tale of pure evil.” —The Atlantic

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