Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Patrick Hamilton that portrays the lives and unfulfilled desires of working-class Londoners in the interwar period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky canonical | 3 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel trilogy ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television series ⓘ |
| author | Patrick Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralLocationInNarrative | The Midnight Bell pub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate |
1929
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1930 ⓘ 1934 ⓘ |
| genre |
semi-autobiographical fiction
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social realism ⓘ working-class fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Midnight Bell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Plains of Cement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Siege of Pleasure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
alcohol and drinking culture
ⓘ
class constraints ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | interwar British literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | portrayal of urban working-class life in interwar London ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
loneliness
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obsession ⓘ unfulfilled desire ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | ordinary Londoners ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bob
NERFINISHED
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Ella NERFINISHED ⓘ Jenny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisher | Constable & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationBroadcaster | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationReleaseYear | 2005 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.