The Bad Seed

A Vintage Movie Classic

William March

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Vintage U S
15 February 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Thriller & suspense

Series: A Vintage Movie Classic

Originally published in 1954, The Bad Seed is William March's bestselling classic that tells the chilling tale of a child serial killer. A VINTAGE MOVIE CLASSICS BOOK.

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.

By: William March
Imprint: Vintage U S
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 193g
ISBN: 9781101872659
ISBN 10: 1101872659
Series: A Vintage Movie Classic
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 February 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William March (1893-1954) was born in Mobile, Alabama, attended Valparaiso University in Indiana, and studied law at the University of Alabama. He served in the Marine Corps during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Croix de Guerre with Palm. After the war, he took a job with the Waterman Steamship Corporation, and worked there for eighteen years before giving up his position to devote himself to writing. March published three volumes of stories and six novels, includingaThe Bad Seed, his final book.

Reviews for The Bad Seed: A Vintage Movie Classic

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