It was a dark and stormy night

"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).
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.