William March (1) (1893–1954)
Autor(a) de The Bad Seed
Para outros autores com o nome William March, veja a página de desambiguação.
Obras de William March
Trial Balance: The Collected Short Stories of William March (The Library of Alabama classics) (1945) 28 cópias
Bill's Eyes [short story] 2 cópias
Company K [DVD] 2 cópias
Some Short Stories By William March 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories of 1932 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1932) — Contribuinte — 13 cópias
The Best Short Stories of 1931 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1931) — Contribuinte — 7 cópias
Eleven American Stories — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Campbell, William Edward
- Outros nomes
- March, William (pseudonym)
- Data de nascimento
- 1893-09-18
- Data de falecimento
- 1954-05-15
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Mobile, Alabama, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Causa da morte
- heart attack
- Premiações
- Distinguished Service Cross
Navy Cross
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Membros
Resenhas
Listas
THE WAR ROOM (1)
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 15
- Also by
- 7
- Membros
- 1,236
- Popularidade
- #20,768
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 42
- ISBNs
- 67
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 1
I suppose the idea of an evil sociopath hiding under the veneer of a polite, neat, well-mannered little girl might have been shockingly novel in 1954, but it's been worn so threadbare in 2019 that I found myself paying more attention to the characters around little Rhoda than the child herself.
Not that Rhoda is uninteresting - she's entirely self-aware and surprisingly upfront about her true nature. She wants what she wants and does not tolerate anyone standing in her way. Her imitations of normal childish behavior are so stilted that it's incredible that hardly anyone sees through her. At least, people who are exposed to her long enough eventually conclude that she's a bully and a liar, but none seem willing or able to take the next logical step in connection with the injuries and death that seem to trail in her wake.
The story features a number of characters, all of whom are flawed and unlikeable in some way. Even the most sympathetic character, Rhoda's mother, is weak, whining, and ineffectual,
even when she finally tries to do something about her daughter
I don't want to spoil the story beyond what would be impossible to not know about it for anyone who hasn't been living under a rock, so I'll say no more about the characters or plot. But the book is overall well written and interesting, if a bit dragging in places, and well worth the read.
Paperback version, with a short foreword by Anna Holmes, reflecting on the story from a modern feminist perspective.… (mais)