Jaws (novel)

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novel thriller novel

Jaws (novel) is a 1974 thriller by Peter Benchley about a great white shark terrorizing a seaside resort town, which became a bestseller and inspired the famous film adaptation.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Jaws	5
novel "Jaws"	2
Jaws (1974 novel)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ thriller novel ⓘ
adaptedInto	Jaws ⓘ surface form: Jaws (film)
author	Peter Benchley ⓘ
bestsellerStatus	bestseller ⓘ
character	Ellen Brody ⓘ Larry Vaughn ⓘ Martin Brody ⓘ Matt Hooper ⓘ Quint ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtist	Paul Bacon ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Steven Spielberg ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	1975 ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	horror ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Jaws ⓘ surface form: Jaws (film)
hasAudiobook	Jaws (audiobook adaptation) ⓘ
hasISBN	0-385-08654-7 ⓘ
hasSequel	The Deep ⓘ surface form: The Deep (novel) (thematically related Benchley work)
influenced	public perception of great white sharks ⓘ shark-related popular culture ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literarySignificance	helped popularize the summer blockbuster concept through its film adaptation ⓘ
mainAntagonist	great white shark ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of a great white shark terrorizing a resort town ⓘ inspiring the blockbuster film Jaws ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalTitle	Jaws (novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jaws
pageCount	311 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
protagonist	Martin Brody ⓘ
publicationDate	1974 ⓘ
publisher	Doubleday ⓘ
setIn	Amity Island ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York (state) fictional seaside resort town ⓘ
subject	sharks ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ tourism industry ⓘ
theme	economic interests versus public safety ⓘ fear and mass hysteria ⓘ man versus nature ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	20th century ⓘ

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Martin Brody → appearsIn → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

this entity surface form: novel "Jaws"

Matt Hooper → appearsIn → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

Jaws → basedOn → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

Mayor Larry Vaughn → basedOnWork → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

Martin Brody → firstAppearance → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

this entity surface form: novel "Jaws"

Matt Hooper → firstAppearance → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jaws (1974 novel)

Amity Island → firstAppearanceWork → Jaws (novel) ⓘ

Peter Benchley → notableWork → Jaws (novel) ⓘ