The Yearling (novel)

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children's novel coming-of-age novel novel

The Yearling is a classic 1938 novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings about a boy in rural Florida and his deep bond with an orphaned fawn, exploring themes of family, loss, and coming of age.

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Label Occurrences
The Yearling 6
The Yearling (novel) canonical 6
The Yearling (TV film, 1994) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf children's novel ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptedInto The Yearling (1946 film) ⓘ
The Yearling (novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Yearling (TV film, 1994)
author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ⓘ
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
awardYear 1939 ⓘ
characterType orphaned fawn ⓘ
containsElement pastoral description ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts human–animal bond ⓘ
subsistence farming life ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Clarence Brown ⓘ
filmAdaptationStarring Gregory Peck ⓘ
Jane Wyman ⓘ
genre Southern literature ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
coming-of-age fiction ⓘ
hasIllustrations no ⓘ
isbn 978-0-684-82662-0 ⓘ
literaryMovement regionalism ⓘ
literarySignificance American classic ⓘ
mainCharacter Flag ⓘ
Jody Baxter ⓘ
Dorothy McGuire ⓘ
surface form: Ora Baxter

Penny Baxter ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor vivid depiction of Florida wilderness ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCount ~400 ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre best-known work of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ⓘ
publicationDate 1938 ⓘ
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
setInTimePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
settingCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingLocation rural Florida ⓘ
settingRegion Lake Wales Ridge region ⓘ
surface form: Florida scrub
targetAudience general readers ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
theme coming of age ⓘ
family ⓘ
loss ⓘ
man and nature ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
responsibility ⓘ

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The Yearling (1946 film) → basedOn → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
Sarah Jane Mayfield → notableWork → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
The Yearling (novel) → adaptedInto → The Yearling (novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Yearling
this entity surface form: The Yearling (TV film, 1994)
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings → notableWork → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings → notableAwardWork → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1939
Arthur Arling → notableWork → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
Gregory Peck as Penny Baxter → basedOnCharacterFrom → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
Jane Wyman as Ora Baxter → basedOn → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
Claude Jarman Jr. as Jody Baxter → basedOn → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
Paul Osborn → basedOnWorkAdapted → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling (novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
Penny Baxter → adaptedFrom → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
Jody Baxter → fictionalUniverse → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
Jody Baxter → protagonistOf → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
Jody Baxter → appearsIn → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Yearling
Jody Baxter → firstAppearance → The Yearling (novel) ⓘ