id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5627 The Witches (novel) - Wikipedia .html text/html 3243 308 80 The Witches is a British children's dark fantasy novel by the British writer Roald Dahl. The story is set partly in Norway and partly in England, and features the experiences of a young English boy and his Norwegian grandmother in a world where child-hating societies of witches secretly exist in every country. The Witches was originally published in 1983 by Jonathan Cape in London, with illustrations by Quentin Blake (like many of Dahl's works). It was the third of four books by Dahl among the Top 100, more than any other writer.[1] In November 2019, the BBC listed The Witches on its list of the 100 most influential novels.[2] In 1990 (the year Roald Dahl died), the book was adapted into a film starring Anjelica Huston and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Nicolas Roeg and distributed by Warner Bros. "20 banned books that may surprise you "The Witches," by Roald Dahl". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5627.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5627.txt