The Shining

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horror novel novel

The Shining is a 1977 horror novel by Stephen King that follows a troubled writer who becomes the winter caretaker of an isolated, malevolent hotel that slowly drives him to madness.

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Label Occurrences
The Shining (novel) 13
The Shining canonical 9
The Shining (1977 novel) 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf horror novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The Shining (1980 film) ⓘ
The Shining (1997 miniseries) ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
centralTheme alcoholism ⓘ
domestic violence ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
madness ⓘ
supernatural evil ⓘ
containsSupernaturalElement ghosts ⓘ
premonitions ⓘ
telepathy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresConcept The Shining self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: the shining
followsCharacterOccupation caretaker ⓘ
writer ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
hasCharacter Delbert Grady ⓘ
Dick Hallorann ⓘ
Stuart Ullman ⓘ
hasForm prose fiction ⓘ
hasISBN 9780385121675 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Danny Torrance ⓘ
Jack Torrance ⓘ
Wendy Torrance ⓘ
hasMotiveForce malevolent hotel ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 447 ⓘ
hasSequel Doctor Sleep ⓘ
hasSetting Colorado ⓘ
The Shining self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Overlook Hotel
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableElement haunted hotel ⓘ
psychic abilities ⓘ
notableFor depiction of alcoholism ⓘ
exploration of family breakdown ⓘ
influence on horror genre ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Stephen King bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear 1977 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
settingTime 20th century ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ

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Simon & Schuster → notableWorkPublished → The Shining ⓘ
Stephen King → notableWork → The Shining ⓘ
The Shining → hasSetting → The Shining self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Overlook Hotel
The Shining → featuresConcept → The Shining self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: the shining
Night Shift → follows → The Shining ⓘ
Salem's Lot → followedBy → The Shining ⓘ
Doctor Sleep → follows → The Shining ⓘ
Doctor Sleep → isSequelTo → The Shining ⓘ
Doctor Sleep → literarySeries → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining series
The Shining (1980 film) → basedOn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
Stephen King bibliography → containsWork → The Shining ⓘ
Jack Torrance → appearsIn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
Jack Torrance → firstAppearance → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (1977 novel)
Wendy Torrance → appearsIn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
Wendy Torrance → firstAppearance → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (1977 novel)
The Shining (1997 miniseries) → basedOn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The Shining (1997 miniseries) → followsMoreClosely → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The Shining (1997 miniseries) → adaptationOf → The Shining ⓘ
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Danny Torrance → hasAbility → The Shining ⓘ
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Danny Torrance → firstAppearance → The Shining ⓘ
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Dick Hallorann → appearsIn → The Shining ⓘ
Dick Hallorann → hasAbility → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: the shining
Dick Hallorann → firstAppearance → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (1977 novel)
Delbert Grady → fictionalUniverse → The Shining ⓘ
Delbert Grady → appearsIn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
Overlook Hotel site → associatedWithWork → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
the shining (psychic ability) → appearsIn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
the shining (psychic ability) → firstAppearance → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (1977 novel)
Here’s Johnny! scene → basedOnWork → The Shining ⓘ
subject surface form: "Here’s Johnny!" scene
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The Shining franchise → basedOn → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The Shining franchise → hasPart → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The Shining franchise → notableWork → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (novel)
The True Knot → relatedWork → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Shining (1977 novel)
Rachel Elkind → basedOnWorkOf → The Shining ⓘ
this entity surface form: novel The Shining by Stephen King