Friendly Persuasion (novel)

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Friendly Persuasion (novel) is a 1945 book by Jessamyn West that portrays the lives, faith, and moral dilemmas of a Quaker family in Indiana during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical novel
novel
adaptedTo film
author Jessamyn West
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts conflict between pacifism and military service
effects of the American Civil War on civilians
firstPublicationMedium book
genre historical fiction
religious fiction
war fiction
hasAdaptation Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)
hasMainCharacter Eliza Birdwell
Jess Birdwell
their children
hasSubject Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Society of Friends (Quakers)
hasTitle Friendly Persuasion
literaryForm short story cycle
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature
mainTheme Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Quaker faith

family life
moral dilemmas of war
pacifism
narrativeFocus Quaker family in Indiana
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1945
publisher Harcourt Brace & World
surface form: Harcourt, Brace and Company
setInPeriod American Civil War
setInPlace Indiana
timeSpanOfNarrative American Civil War era

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Jess Birdwell basedOnWork Friendly Persuasion (novel)
Little Jess Birdwell characterIn Friendly Persuasion (novel)
Little Jess Birdwell fictionalUniverse Friendly Persuasion (novel)
this entity surface form: Friendly Persuasion
The Widow Hudspeth appearsIn Friendly Persuasion (novel)
Josh Birdwell fictionalUniverse Friendly Persuasion (novel)
this entity surface form: Friendly Persuasion
Eliza Birdwell appearsIn Friendly Persuasion (novel)
Eliza Birdwell basedOnWork Friendly Persuasion (novel)