This novel is about the theatre and is a parody of Shakespeare, mainly Hamlet and Macbeth. It introduces two more witches, the gregarious Nanny Ogg and timid Magrat Garlick. Wyrd Sisters (1988) is my favourite of the three in this volume. Eskarina is not a very interesting character, however, and she doesn’t appear in the books again until later in the series. This is a good read, with some especially exciting scenes in the university library. With the help of Granny Weatherwax, a forceful personality, she pursues her calling and ends up saving the universe. A girl, eight-year-old Eskarina, is destined to become a wizard, but the university doesn’t admit women. The third one, Equal Rites, moves away from Rincewind the wizard and introduces a staple character, the witch Granny Weatherwax.Įqual Rites (first published in 1987) looks at the differences between witches and wizards. I’d recently begun re-reading the Discworld novels on my shelf (I’ve read most of the series but own only a few of them) and not enjoyed the first two, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic, as much as I did the first time – partly because the stories didn’t grip me, partly because Terry Pratchett was still finding his style. This fantastic volume contains three of the Discworld novels featuring witches.
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