William March, un celebrato autore americano e pluridecorato marine statunitense, si addentrò in complesse problematiche sociali nelle sue opere letterarie. I suoi romanzi, che spesso intrecciano il tormento personale con conflitti nati da questioni irrisolte di classe, familiari, sessuali e razziali, hanno ottenuto il plauso della critica. March ha frequentemente ritratto personaggi che sono vittime del caso senza colpa propria, sottolineando che la libertà può essere raggiunta solo rimanendo fedeli alla propria natura e umanità. La sua opera, riconosciuta come quella del "genio non riconosciuto del nostro tempo", ha raggiunto la popolarità postuma.
Rhoda ist ein brav wirkendes Mädchen, das Erwachsene manipuliert und andere Kinder ängstigt. Sie ist eine kaltblütige Mörderin, was ihre Mutter Christine in einen inneren Konflikt zwischen Liebe und Trauer stürzt. Der Roman entfaltet sich wie eine tickende Zeitbombe.
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.