The Big Sleep

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hardboiled detective novel novel

The Big Sleep is a 1939 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler that introduces private investigator Philip Marlowe in a complex tale of crime, blackmail, and moral ambiguity in Los Angeles.

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Label	Occurrences
The Big Sleep canonical	8
The Big Sleep (novel)	4
The Big Sleep (1939 novel)	1
The Big Sleep universe	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hardboiled detective novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector	Howard Hawks ⓘ Michael Winner ⓘ
adaptationStars	Humphrey Bogart ⓘ Lauren Bacall NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Mitchum ⓘ Sarah Miles ⓘ
author	Raymond Chandler ⓘ
basedOn	Killer in the Rain ⓘ The Curtain ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresCharacter	Carmen Sternwood ⓘ Eddie Mars ⓘ General Sternwood ⓘ Rusty Regan ⓘ Vivian Sternwood ⓘ
featuresTheme	blackmail ⓘ corruption ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ organized crime ⓘ wealth and decadence ⓘ
followedBy	Farewell, My Lovely ⓘ
followsInSeries	none (first Philip Marlowe novel) ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ hardboiled fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	The Big Sleep ⓘ surface form: The Big Sleep (1946 film) The Big Sleep (1978 film) ⓘ
hasISBN	9780394758282 ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin	phrase referring to death ⓘ
includedIn	Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list) ⓘ surface form: Modern Library 100 Best Novels list
literaryMovement	noir ⓘ
literarySignificance	classic of hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Philip Marlowe ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
notableFor	complex, convoluted plot ⓘ influential hardboiled style ⓘ introducing Philip Marlowe ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Philip Marlowe ⓘ surface form: Philip Marlowe series
placeOfFirstPublication	New York City ⓘ
publicationYear	1939 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
timePeriodSetting	1930s ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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Philip Marlowe → firstAppearance → The Big Sleep ⓘ

Philip Marlowe → appearsIn → The Big Sleep ⓘ

Maximilian Raoul Steiner → notableWork → The Big Sleep ⓘ

Raymond Chandler → notableWork → The Big Sleep ⓘ

Harold Brent Wallis → notableWork → The Big Sleep ⓘ

Vivian Rutledge → basedOnWork → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep (novel)

Vivian Rutledge → partOfFictionalUniverse → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep universe

Carmen Sternwood → appearsIn → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep (novel)

Carmen Sternwood → basedOnWork → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep (novel)

General Sternwood → appearsIn → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep (novel)

General Sternwood → firstAppearance → The Big Sleep ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Big Sleep (1939 novel)

Farewell, My Lovely → precededBy → The Big Sleep ⓘ