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Description edit
Disconcerting events ensue when an ethnology professor at a small private college discovers his wife has been secretly practicing withcraft, and convinces her to stop.
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Characters/People edit
- Norman Saylor: Distinguished ethnologist, professor of sociology at Hempell College. Main character. Married to Tansy Saylor.
- Tansy Saylor: Wife of Norman Saylor, practices white magic to protect her husband at Hempell
- Evelyne Sawtelle: wife of Hervey
- Hulda Gunnison: wife of Harold
- Mrs. Carr: 70ish Dean of Women at Hempnell College
- Thompson: handles public relations for Hempnell College
- Harold Gunnison: Dean of Men, husband of Hulda Gunnison
- Pollard: President of Hempnell College
- Hervey Sawtelle: always nervous colleague of Norman, rival for the sociology chair...Husband of Evelyn Sawtelle.
- Linthicum Carr: professor, mathematican, Mrs Carr's husband
First Sentence edit
Norman Saylor was not the sort of man to go prowling into his wife's dressing room.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 45 of 200 in Newman and Jones 200 Best Horror Novels. (community list)
Preceded by Out of Space and Time, and followed by Night Has a Thousand Eyes: a novel of suspense.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
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Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0140030239
Page Count: 184
Publisher: Penguin
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1969
ISBN: 0140030239
Page Count: 184
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- Dewey: 813.54
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- Burn, Witch, Burn! (IMDb): Also released under the title "Night Of The Eagle"
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