literary setting

C3070
concept

A literary setting is the time, place, and social environment in which a story’s events occur, shaping mood, character behavior, and plot development.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
literary setting canonical 154
literary location 68
setting in a novel 40

Instances (298)

Instance Via concept surface
San Narciso (fictional setting)
surface form: San Narciso
setting in a novel
Taulkinham, Tennessee (fictional city)
surface form: Taulkinham, Tennessee
Silas Marner’s cottage literary location
Poker Flat, California
Poker Flat (fictional town)
surface form: Poker Flat
Five Towns
Donithorne estate setting in a novel
Fictional town of St. Ogg’s
surface form: St. Ogg’s
Hayslope
Maison Vauquer literary location
pension Vauquer
surface form: Pension Vauquer
literary location
Lowick setting in a novel
Grandet house in Saumur literary location
Garden Heights (fictional neighborhood)
surface form: Garden Heights
Brooke estate setting in a novel
Millennium universe
The Deer Park universe
Interzone (fictional city)
Thomas Pynchon universe
Pensione Bertolini setting in a novel
Yarvil setting in a novel
The Fields council estate setting in a novel
Heian-kyō (Kyoto, fictionalized)
Friendly Persuasion universe
St. Petersburg, Missouri (fictional town)
surface form: St. Petersburg, Missouri
the Convent setting in a novel
Barton Cottage literary location
Ruby, Oklahoma
Offal Court
Ashbury and Euston
Morton in Jane Eyre
surface form: Morton (Jane Eyre)
literary location
Wild Cat Island setting in literature
Sleepy Hollow
Ruritania
meandering river Alph literary location
P. G. Wodehouse universe
Anglers’ Rest
Mount Abora literary location
Brinkley Court setting in literature
Moon Kahani setting in a novel
McDougal's Cave literary location
Toyland literary location
Toy Town
Capital Crimes series universe
Macondo
house of Cephalus in Piraeus
Manderley (fictional estate)
surface form: Manderley
Apt Pupil – Southern California literary location
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine setting in literature
Prince Prospero's abbey setting in a short story