Nightmare Alley (novel)

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American novel noir novel novel

"Nightmare Alley" is a 1946 noir novel by William Lindsay Gresham that follows a ruthless carnival worker’s descent into corruption and ruin, and is widely regarded as a dark classic of American literature.

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Nightmare Alley 3
Nightmare Alley (novel) canonical 3
Nightmare Alley (1946 novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American novel ⓘ
noir novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
adaptedInto Nightmare Alley ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (1947 film)

Nightmare Alley ⓘ
surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
author William Lindsay Gresham ⓘ
character Lilith Ritter ⓘ
Molly Cahill ⓘ
Pete Krumbein ⓘ
Stanton Carlisle ⓘ
Zeena Krumbein ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasReputation cult classic ⓘ
dark classic of American literature ⓘ
hasSubject carnival life ⓘ
mentalism ⓘ
sideshow performers ⓘ
spiritualist cons ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement noir ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Stanton Carlisle ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
partOf American noir canon ⓘ
publicationYear 1946 ⓘ
publisher Rinehart & Company ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

carnival ⓘ
nightclubs ⓘ
structure chronological narrative ⓘ
theme American Dream ⓘ
addiction ⓘ
ambition ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
deception ⓘ
downfall ⓘ
exploitation ⓘ
fraud ⓘ
mental manipulation ⓘ
spiritualism ⓘ
tone dark ⓘ
pessimistic ⓘ

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Nightmare Alley → basedOn → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
Nightmare Alley → isAdaptationOf → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
subject surface form: Nightmare Alley (2021 film)
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley (1946 novel)
Nightmare Alley → title → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley
Nightmare Alley → basedOn → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
William Lindsay Gresham → notableWork → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley
Stanton Carlisle → filmAdaptationOf → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
J. Russell Spencer → notableWork → Nightmare Alley (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nightmare Alley