The Robber Bride
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The Robber Bride is a darkly comic, feminist novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines a Grimm fairy tale through the intertwined lives of three women and their destructive, enigmatic friend.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel → |
| author |
Margaret Atwood
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| basedOn |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
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The Robber Bridegroom → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Canada
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| focusesOn |
destructive influence of a charismatic woman
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intertwined lives of three women → |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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dark comedy → feminist fiction → novel → |
| hasCharacter |
Charis
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Roz → Tony → Zenia → |
| hasEnigmaticCharacter |
Zenia
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| hasLiteraryForm |
prose
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| hasStructure |
multiple intertwined narratives
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| languageStyle |
ironic
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satirical → |
| literaryMovement |
postmodern literature
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| mainCharacter |
Charis
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Roz → Tony → Zenia → |
| narrativePerspective |
third-person narration
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| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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reimagining a Grimm fairy tale in a contemporary feminist context → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOf |
Margaret Atwood bibliography
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| placeOfPublication |
New York City
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Toronto → |
| publicationYear |
1993
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| publisher |
McClelland & Stewart
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Nan A. Talese → |
| settingCountry |
Canada
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| settingLocation |
Toronto
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| theme |
betrayal
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deception → female friendship → feminism → identity → memory → power dynamics → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Margaret Atwood
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