Carrie

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"Carrie" is Stephen King's debut horror novel, centered on a bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers who exacts a devastating revenge on her tormentors.

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instanceOf debut novel
horror novel
novel
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author Stephen King
containsEvent destruction of the high school prom
town-wide catastrophe in Chamberlain
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresMotif female adolescence
outsider
featuresElement telekinesis
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy Salem's Lot
followsInCanon none
genre epistolary novel
horror fiction
supernatural fiction
hasAntagonist Chris Hargensen
Margaret White
hasInfluenceOn modern horror literature
hasPower telekinesis (through Carrie White)
hasTheme abuse
adolescence
bullying
religious fanaticism
revenge
literaryStyle multi-perspective narrative
mainCharacter Carrie White
Chris Hargensen
Margaret White
Sue Snell
Tommy Ross
marketedAs horror
narrativeForm epistolary structure
notableFor being Stephen King's first published novel
originalLanguage English
partOf Stephen King bibliography
protagonist Carrie White
publicationDate 1974
publisher Doubleday
setInPeriod 1970s
setInPlace Chamberlain, Maine
targetAudience adult readers

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Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (1976 film)
Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (2002 film)
Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (2013 film)
Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (musical)
Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (1988 musical)
Carrie adaptedInto Carrie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Carrie (2012 musical revival)
Brian De Palma directed Carrie
Salem's Lot follows Carrie
this entity surface form: Carrie (1976 film)
Amy Irving notableWork Carrie
Brian De Palma notableWork Carrie
Stephen King notableWork Carrie
Amy Irving portrayedIn Carrie
this entity surface form: Carrie (1976 film)
Salem's Lot precededBy Carrie