Isabel Colegate

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Isabel Colegate was a British novelist best known for her incisive portrayals of the English upper classes, particularly in works like "The Shooting Party."

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Label Occurrences
Isabel Colegate canonical 1
Isabel Diana Colegate 1
Mary Bracegirdle 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British writer
human
novelist
awardReceived WH Smith Literary Award
awardReceivedFor The Shooting Party
birthDate 1931-09-10
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 2023-03-12
describedAs underappreciated master of the English social novel
educatedAt Runton Hill School
familyName Colegate
gender female
genre historical fiction
literary fiction
givenName Isabel
hasAdaptation The Shooting Party
surface form: The Shooting Party (1985 film)
influenced later British novelists of manners
influencedBy English social history
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Isabel Colegate self-linksurface differs
surface form: Isabel Diana Colegate
nationality British
notableFor depictions of the English upper classes
notableWork A Pelican in the Wilderness
Deceits of Time
Orlando King
Orlando at the Brazen Threshold
Orlando in Love
Statues in a Garden
The Blackmailer
The Orlando Trilogy
The Shooting Party
numberOfChildren 3
occupation novelist
short story writer
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
residence Bath
surface form: Bath, Somerset

Somerset
spouse Michael Briggs
theme class
decline of the English aristocracy
moral responsibility
privilege
workPeriod 20th century
21st century
writingStyle incisive portrayals of the English upper classes

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The Shooting Party basedOnWorkAuthor Isabel Colegate
Crome Yellow hasCharacter Isabel Colegate
this entity surface form: Mary Bracegirdle
Isabel Colegate name Isabel Colegate self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Isabel Diana Colegate