The Bad Seed
1954 novel by William March / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the William March novel. For other uses, see Bad Seed (disambiguation).
The Bad Seed is a 1954 novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death.
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Author | William March |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Psychological horror |
Publisher | Rinehart & Company |
Publication date | April 8, 1954 |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 247 pp (reprint edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-06-079548-1 (reprint edition) |
OCLC | 61157841 |
Preceded by | October Island (1952) |
Followed by | A William March Omnibus (1956) |
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Nominated for the 1955 National Book Award for Fiction, The Bad Seed tells the story of a mother's realization that her young daughter is a murderer. Its enormous critical and commercial success was largely realized after March's death only one month after publication.
In 1954, the novel was adapted into a successful and long-running Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson and into an Academy Award-nominated film directed by Mervyn LeRoy in 1956.