Funny Girl
E246776
Funny Girl is a comic novel by Nick Hornby about a young woman who becomes a television star in 1960s London, exploring fame, gender roles, and the changing British entertainment industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Funny Girl canonical | 4 |
| Funny Woman | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Nick Hornby ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | photo-based design (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| followedByInAuthorOeuvre | State of the Union ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorOeuvre | Juliet, Naked ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ humorous fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptationStatus | optioned for television adaptation (reported in media) ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
e-book ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781594205415 ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 450 pages (varies by edition) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Barbara Parker ⓘ |
| mainCharacterAlias | Sophie Straw ⓘ |
| marketedAs | mainstream fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
British entertainment industry
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celebrity culture ⓘ fame ⓘ gender roles ⓘ television industry ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works by Nick Hornby ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2014 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Riverhead Books
ⓘ
The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Books
|
| settingPlace |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1960s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
changing social norms in 1960s Britain
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class and social mobility ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ women in media ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
Funny Woman