Witches Abroad

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Witches Abroad is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett in the Discworld series, following the Lancre witches as they travel abroad to thwart a manipulative fairy godmother and disrupt predestined stories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Discworld novel
novel
author Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED
centralTheme fairy tale subversion
free will versus destiny
power of stories
containsParodyOf Cinderella NERFINISHED
Little Red Riding Hood NERFINISHED
Sleeping Beauty NERFINISHED
The Wizard of Oz NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
coverArtist Josh Kirby NERFINISHED
discworldSubseries Witches NERFINISHED
featuresCharacter Baron Saturday NERFINISHED
Granny Weatherwax NERFINISHED
Greebo NERFINISHED
Lily Weatherwax NERFINISHED
Magrat Garlick NERFINISHED
Mrs Gogol NERFINISHED
Nanny Ogg NERFINISHED
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy Small Gods NERFINISHED
genre comic fantasy
fantasy
hasISBN 0-575-04809-3
hasMainAntagonist Lily Weatherwax NERFINISHED
hasMotif fairy godmothers
mirrors
voodoo
hasSubgenre satire
language English
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor satirical treatment of folklore and fairy tales
numberInSeries 12
pageCount 285
partOf British fantasy literature
plotSummary The Lancre witches travel abroad to stop a manipulative fairy godmother from forcing people to live out predestined stories.
precededBy Moving Pictures NERFINISHED
protagonistGroup Lancre witches
publicationDate 1991
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED
series Discworld NERFINISHED
setting Discworld NERFINISHED
Genua NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Lancre NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult
timePeriodOfPublication early 1990s

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Small Gods follows Witches Abroad