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'''''The Witches''''' is a 1983 [[Children's book|children's novel]] by British author [[Roald Dahl]]. A [[dark fantasy|dark fantasy horror]], 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 are ruled by the vicious and powerful [[Grand High Witch]], who arrives in England to organise her plan to turn all of the children there into [[Mouse|mice]].
''The Witches'' was originally published by [[Jonathan Cape]] in London, with illustrations by [[Quentin Blake]] who had previously collaborated with Dahl. It received mixed reviews and was criticised for [[misogyny]]. In 2012, the book was ranked number 81 among all-time best children's novels in a survey published by ''[[School Library Journal]]'', a US monthly. In 2019, the [[BBC]] listed ''The Witches'' on its list of the [[BBC list of 100 'most inspiring' novels|100 most influential novels]]. In 2012, the Grand High Witch appeared on a [[Royal Mail]] [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2010–2019#2012|commemorative postage stamp]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2012/jan/09/roald-dahl-stamps-classic-childrens-author | title=Roald Dahl stamps honour classic children's author |newspaper=The Guardian | date=9 January 2012 | access-date=9 January 2022 | author=Flood, Alison}}</ref>
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