My Sister Eileen

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My Sister Eileen is a collection of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney about two sisters from Ohio pursuing careers and adventures in New York City, later adapted into stage and film works.

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instanceOf autobiographical work
short story collection
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Wonderful Town
author Ruth McKenney
basedOn real-life experiences of Ruth McKenney and her sister Eileen
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts two sisters from Ohio pursuing careers in New York City
genre autobiographical fiction
humor
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surface form: “My Sister Eileen” (title story)
hasSubject aspiring actress
aspiring writer
influencedWork Wonderful Town
language English
literaryForm short stories
mainCharacter Eileen McKenney
Ruth McKenney
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor comic portrayal of young women in New York City
source material for multiple stage and film adaptations
originalPublicationMedium The New Yorker
placeOfOriginOfCharacters Ohio
publicationYear 1938
publisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
setting Greenwich Village
New York City
timePeriod 1930s

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Richard Quine directed My Sister Eileen
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Lucy Marlow notableWork My Sister Eileen
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Dick York notableWork My Sister Eileen
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Jerome Chodorov notableWork My Sister Eileen
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Jerome Chodorov basedOn My Sister Eileen
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Joseph Walker notableWork My Sister Eileen
this entity surface form: My Sister Eileen (1955 film)
Joseph Fields notableWork My Sister Eileen
Jeff Donnell notableWork My Sister Eileen