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It was a dark and stormy night

For fictional works with the same name, see It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (film) and It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (play).
"Dark and stormy night" redirects here. For the 2009 film, see Dark and Stormy Night.
A dark and stormy night in Glacier National Park, Montana

"It was a dark and stormy night" is an often-mocked and parodied phrase considered to represent "the archetypal example of a florid, melodramatic style of fiction writing",[1] also known as purple prose.

  1. ^ "It was a dark and stormy night". The Phrase Finder. Retrieved 27 February 2013.

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Era una notte buia e tempestosa Italian

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