A Christmas Memory
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A Christmas Memory is a nostalgic autobiographical short story by Truman Capote that recounts his childhood holiday experiences with an eccentric older cousin in rural Alabama.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Truman Capote ⓘ |
| basedOn | Truman Capote’s childhood experiences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter | an eccentric older cousin ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | magazine publication ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Mademoiselle magazine ⓘ |
| genre |
Southern literature
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autobiographical fiction ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Christmas Memory
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Christmas Memory (1966 television film)
A Christmas Memory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
A Christmas Memory (1997 television film)
A Christmas Memory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
A Christmas Memory (stage adaptation)
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| hasCompanionWork |
One Christmas
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A Christmas Memory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Thanksgiving Visitor
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| holidayDepicted | Christmas ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn |
A Christmas Memory
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Visitor
Breakfast at Tiffany's ⓘ
surface form:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
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| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Truman Capote’s most beloved works ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Buddy
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Sook ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | a young boy based on Truman Capote ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative depiction of childhood and memory
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lyrical prose style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookEdition | Random House ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | rural Alabama ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
baking fruitcakes
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holiday traditions ⓘ rural Southern life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
childhood
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friendship ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ poverty and generosity ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfStory | the 1930s ⓘ |
| tone |
bittersweet
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nostalgic ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Christmas Memory (1966 television film)
this entity surface form:
A Christmas Memory (1997 television film)
this entity surface form:
A Christmas Memory (stage adaptation)
this entity surface form:
The Thanksgiving Visitor
this entity surface form:
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, and The Thanksgiving Visitor