Witches Abroad
core novel 1991 Discworld
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (100,735 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| Page count | 374 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575049802 |
Synopsis
When the elderly witch Desiderata Hollow dies, she leaves her magic wand to young witch Magrat Garlick, along with the unwanted role of fairy godmother to a servant girl named Emberella in the distant city of Genua. Having received no real training, Magrat finds that nearly everything she tries to enchant with the wand turns into a pumpkin instead. The trouble deepens when it emerges that another, far more experienced fairy godmother in Genua has already transformed the city's ruler into a frog and intends to force Emberella into marrying him regardless, convinced that this will produce the storybook "happy ending" she believes fairy tales demand.
Where it sits
- Universe: Discworld
- Series: Witches core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Pratchett
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Witches: position 3 of 6: previous Wyrd Sisters (1988) · next Lords and Ladies (1992)
Sources
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