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
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Terry Pratchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
fairy tale subversion
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free will versus destiny ⓘ power of stories ⓘ |
| containsParodyOf |
Cinderella
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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fantasy ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-575-04809-3 ⓘ |
| hasMainAntagonist | Lily Weatherwax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
fairy godmothers
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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
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Genua NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Lancre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | early 1990s ⓘ |
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