The bad seed book william march6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Foreword by Anna Holmes I suppose if a novelist is going to imagine and give life to a character meant to be a memorable but also totally unexpected serial killer, it makes sense that he make her not only a young child but also a girl. 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. The Bad Seed is an indelible portrait of an evil that wears an innocent face, one which still resonates in popular culture today. 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. ![]() ![]() With her carefully plaited hair and her sweet cotton dresses, she's the very picture of old-fashioned innocence. There's something special about eight-year-old Rhoda Penmark. The bestselling novel that inspired Mervyn LeRoy's classic horror film about the little girl who can get away with anything-even murder. ![]()
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