The Devil and Tom Walker
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The Devil and Tom Walker is a short story by Washington Irving that satirically retells the Faust legend through the tale of a miserly New Englander who makes a fateful bargain with the Devil.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Old Scratch and Tom Walker | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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short story ⓘ |
| alternateName |
The Devil and Tom Walker
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surface form:
Old Scratch and Tom Walker
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| author | Washington Irving ⓘ |
| basedOn | Faust legend ⓘ |
| containsCharacter | moneylender ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| educationalUse | commonly taught in American high school literature courses ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1824 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Tales of a Traveller ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
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dark romanticism ⓘ satire ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptations
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television adaptations ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literature anthologies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
allegory
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satire ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Tom Walker
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Tom Walker's wife ⓘ the Devil ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A miserly New Englander makes a bargain with the Devil for wealth and is ultimately claimed by him. ⓘ |
| publisher | John Murray ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | New England ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of making a pact with the Devil
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greed ⓘ hypocrisy of religious pretenders ⓘ materialism ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ |
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Old Scratch and Tom Walker