The Reluctant Dragon
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The Reluctant Dragon is a classic 1898 children's story by Kenneth Grahame about a gentle, poetry-loving dragon who befriends a boy and challenges traditional notions of heroism and monsters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Reluctant Dragon canonical | 3 |
| The Reluctant Dragon (short story) | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's story
ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Reluctant Dragon
ⓘ
surface form:
The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
radio adaptations ⓘ stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Kenneth Grahame ⓘ |
| containsCharacterType |
dragon
ⓘ
knight ⓘ shepherd's family ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| feature |
a gentle dragon
ⓘ
a poetry-loving dragon ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Dream Days ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | short story for children ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | novelette ⓘ |
| hasConflictType |
man versus society
ⓘ
man versus tradition ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasIllustrator | Maxfield Parrish ⓘ |
| influenced | later children's dragon stories ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Saint George of Lydda
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint George
the Boy ⓘ the Dragon ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early sympathetic dragon portrayal
ⓘ
subverting dragon-slaying trope ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Dream Days ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1898 ⓘ |
| publisher | The Bodley Head ⓘ |
| setting | English countryside ⓘ |
| theme |
friendship
ⓘ
heroism ⓘ misunderstood monsters ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ prejudice ⓘ stereotypes ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Reluctant Dragon (1941 film)
this entity surface form:
The Reluctant Dragon (short story)