Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 dark fantasy novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about 13-year-old best friends, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, and their nightmarish experience with a traveling carnival that comes to their Midwestern town one October. The carnival's leader is the mysterious "Mr. Dark" who seemingly wields the power to grant the citizenry's secret desires. In reality, Dark is a malevolent being who lures these individuals into binding themselves in servitude to him. He is revealed to possess a tattoo bearing the likeness of each person he has thus tricked. Mr. Dark's presence is countered by that of Will's father, Charles Halloway, who harbors his own secret desire to regain his youth because he feels as though he is too old for Will.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
Something Wicked This Way Comes is a 1962 dark fantasy novel by Ray Bradbury. It is about 13-year-old best friends, Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, and their nightmarish experience with a traveling carnival that comes to their Midwestern town one October. The carnival's leader is the mysterious "Mr. Dark" who seemingly wields the power to grant the citizenry's secret desires. In reality, Dark is a malevolent being who lures these individuals into binding themselves in servitude to him. He is revealed to possess a tattoo bearing the likeness of each person he has thus tricked. Mr. Dark's presence is countered by that of Will's father, Charles Halloway, who harbors his own secret desire to regain his youth because he feels as though he is too old for Will.
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Aan het prikken van mijn duim ...... Amerikaanse Halloweentraditie.
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Das Böse kommt auf leisen Sohl ...... Übersetzung von Norbert Wölfl.
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Il popolo dell'autunno (Someth ...... nel 1962 e in Italia nel 1978.
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La feria de las tinieblas (tít ...... ieblas es una novela completa.
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Something Wicked This Way Come ...... single full-length narrative.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
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Aan het prikken van mijn duim ...... thing wicked this way comes").
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Das Böse kommt auf leisen Sohl ...... Übersetzung von Norbert Wölfl.
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Il popolo dell'autunno (Someth ...... nel 1962 e in Italia nel 1978.
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La Foire des ténèbres (titre o ...... e. Voir La Foire des ténèbres.
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La feria de las tinieblas (tít ...... to para recuperar su juventud.
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Something Wicked This Way Come ...... though he is too old for Will.
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«Надвигается беда» (англ. Some ...... переработал сценарий в книгу.
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Aan het prikken van mijn duimen
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Das Böse kommt auf leisen Sohlen (Roman)
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Il popolo dell'autunno
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La Foire des ténèbres (roman)
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La feria de las tinieblas
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (novel)
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Надвигается беда
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