Fifty Shades of Grey

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Fifty Shades of Grey is an erotic romance novel by E. L. James that became a global bestseller and launched a major film franchise.

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instanceOf British novel
erotic romance novel
novel
adaptedInto Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
author E. L. James
basedOn Twilight fan fiction
bestsellerStatus global bestseller
controversy criticized for portrayal of BDSM
criticized for writing quality
debate over depiction of consent
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
filmAdaptationDirector Sam Taylor-Johnson
filmAdaptationLeadActor Dakota Johnson
Jamie Dornan
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2015
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Kelly Marcel
followedBy Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
genre BDSM fiction
erotic romance
romance fiction
hasSequelFilm Fifty Shades Darker
surface form: Fifty Shades Darker (film)

Fifty Shades Freed
surface form: Fifty Shades Freed (film)
language English
mainCharacter Anastasia Steele
Christian Grey
mediaFranchise Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fifty Shades film series
narrativePerspective first-person
narratorCharacter Anastasia Steele
notableFor depiction of BDSM relationship
explicit sexual content
mainstreaming erotic romance genre
originalFanFictionPlatform FanFiction.net
originallySelfPublishedAs e-book
print-on-demand book
originalTitleAsFanFiction Master of the Universe
partOfSeries Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fifty Shades trilogy
publicationDate 2011
publisher Arrow Books
Vintage Books
setting Pacific Northwest
Seattle
soldCopiesWorldwide over 100 million
subjectMatter dominance and submission
romantic relationship
sexual awakening
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary

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Fifty Shades of Grey adaptedInto Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
subject surface form: Jason Taylor
subject surface form: Jason Taylor
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
subject surface form: Jason Taylor
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (novel)
Fifty Shades Darker follows Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (film)
Fifty Shades Darker franchise Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades
Fifty Shades of Grey mediaFranchise Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades film series
Random House notablePublication Fifty Shades of Grey
Danny Elfman notableWork Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey score
E. L. James notableWork Fifty Shades of Grey
E. L. James notableWork Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian
Jennifer Ehle notableWork Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015 film)
Max Martini notableWork Fifty Shades of Grey
Fifty Shades Freed partOfSeries Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades trilogy
Fifty Shades of Grey partOfSeries Fifty Shades of Grey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades trilogy
E. L. James series Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades trilogy
E. L. James workAdaptedAs Fifty Shades of Grey
this entity surface form: Fifty Shades of Grey (film)