The Gadfly

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The Gadfly is a politically charged 1897 novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich that follows an English revolutionary in Italy and became especially influential in socialist and communist countries.

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs film
opera
television series
author Ethel Lilian Voynich NERFINISHED
circulation very high in the Soviet Union
widely read in Eastern Bloc countries
containsCharacter Cardinal Montanelli NERFINISHED
Gemma NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre historical novel
political novel
revolutionary fiction
hasConflict individual vs. church
individual vs. state
personal faith vs. political conviction
hasForm prose fiction
hasLiteraryStatus cult classic in socialist literature
hasMotive anti-clerical critique of the Catholic Church
promotion of revolutionary ideals
hasNotableAdaptation 1955 Soviet film "The Gadfly" NERFINISHED
1955 film score by Dmitri Shostakovich
opera "The Gadfly" by Antonio Spadavecchia NERFINISHED
hasPageCountApprox about 400 pages
influentialIn People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
communist countries
socialist countries
inspired revolutionary youth in socialist states
literaryMovement socialist literature
mainCharacter Arthur Burton NERFINISHED
mainCharacterAlias the Gadfly NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1897
publisher C. Arthur Pearson Ltd NERFINISHED
settingLocation Italy NERFINISHED
settingPeriod Italian Risorgimento NERFINISHED
theme anticlericalism
betrayal
identity
political struggle
religion and doubt
revolution
timeOfAction 1840s

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Ethel Lilian Voynich notableWork The Gadfly