The Playground

The Playground

23 pages
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Published: 1 Jan 1953
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ISBN: 9780795305061

Format: Ebook

Language: English

Publisher: RosettaBooks

Publication date: 1 July 2010

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Description

The Ray Bradbury's terrifying short story, one of the great stories of childhood-as-nightmare, appeared originally in Esquire in October l953; it first appeared in book form in the Ballantine first issue of his famous novel, Fahrenheit 451. Charles Underhill, seeking to protect his young son from the agonies of schoolyard bullying in the playground makes a deal with the playground's mysterious manager but only at the end discovers the true nature of the pact.