The Lady in the Lake
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The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 hardboiled detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe as he unravels a complex mystery surrounding a missing woman and a body found in a remote lake.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lady in the Lake canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective novel
ⓘ
hardboiled fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Lady in the Lake
ⓘ
surface form:
Lady in the Lake (1947 film)
Lady in the Lake ⓘ
surface form:
Lady in the Lake (radio adaptation)
|
| author | Raymond Chandler ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
corruption
ⓘ
deception ⓘ identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresCharacter | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| follows | The High Window ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
hardboiled detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Lady in the Lake ⓘ |
| hasBodyDiscoveredIn | lake ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveFigure | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| hasDetectiveSeriesNumber | fourth Philip Marlowe novel ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later noir detective fiction ⓘ |
| hasMissingPersonCase | yes ⓘ |
| hasMurderMystery | yes ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | unidentified woman in the lake ⓘ |
| includesElement |
small-town corruption
ⓘ
urban crime ⓘ |
| isPartOf | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | American hardboiled novel ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative plotting compared to earlier Marlowe novels ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Philip Marlowe
ⓘ
surface form:
Philip Marlowe series
|
| precedes | The Little Sister ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Philip Marlowe ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | private investigator ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| settingFeature | remote mountain lake ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1940s ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.