Mildred Pierce (novel)

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literary work novel

"Mildred Pierce" is a 1941 novel by James M. Cain that follows a determined divorced mother in Depression-era California as she builds a restaurant business while navigating betrayal and a destructive relationship with her ambitious daughter.

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Mildred Pierce	6

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	Mildred Pierce (1945 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	James M. Cain NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsElement	mother–daughter rivalry ⓘ restaurant business building ⓘ social mobility struggle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector	Michael Curtiz NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ domestic fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	film noir tradition ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox	300 ⓘ
hasProtagonistOccupation	restaurant owner ⓘ waitress ⓘ
hasSubject	ambition ⓘ divorce ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ single motherhood ⓘ social class in America ⓘ
literaryMovement	hardboiled fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter	Bert Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ Mildred Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ Monty Beragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Veda Pierce NERFINISHED ⓘ
miniseriesAdaptationDirector	Todd Haynes NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacterTraitOfProtagonist	determination ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalMedium	print ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre	James M. Cain novels ⓘ
plotFocus	a divorced mother building a restaurant business ⓘ mother–daughter conflict ⓘ
publicationYear	1941 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
settingPeriod	Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPlace	California NERFINISHED ⓘ Glendale, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	betrayal ⓘ class aspiration ⓘ economic survival ⓘ gender roles ⓘ maternal sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriodOfAction	1930s ⓘ

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subject surface form: Mildred Pierce (2011 miniseries)

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