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It was a dark and stormy night
Often-mocked story-opening phrase / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Dark and stormy night" redirects here. For the 2009 film, see Dark and Stormy Night. For the play, see It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (play). For the 1985 Italian film, see It Was a Dark and Stormy Night (film).
"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.
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