The Friendly Persuasion

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novel

The Friendly Persuasion is a 1945 novel by Jessamyn West that portrays the lives, faith, and moral dilemmas of a Quaker family in 19th-century Indiana.

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The Friendly Persuasion (1956 film) 1
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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationType film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Friendly Persuasion: A Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Jessamyn West NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts American Civil War era rural life ⓘ
Quakers NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector William Wyler NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1956 ⓘ
genre domestic fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Friendly Persuasion (1956 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasSequel Except for Me and Thee NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of American Quaker fiction ⓘ
mainTheme conscience in wartime ⓘ
family life ⓘ
moral dilemmas ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
religious faith ⓘ
narrativeForm episodic ⓘ
notableCharacter Eliza Birdwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jess Birdwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
their children ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publicationYear 1945 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Quakerism ⓘ
sequelAuthor Jessamyn West NERFINISHED ⓘ
sequelPublicationYear 1969 ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
subjectMatter Midwestern farm life ⓘ
conflict between duty and belief ⓘ
nonviolence ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timeOfAction American Civil War period ⓘ

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Jessamyn West → notableWork → The Friendly Persuasion ⓘ
Jessamyn West → adaptedWork → The Friendly Persuasion ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
Jessamyn West → basedOn → The Friendly Persuasion ⓘ
subject surface form: The Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
Josh Birdwell → appearsIn → The Friendly Persuasion ⓘ
this entity surface form: film Friendly Persuasion