The Slaves of Solitude
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The Slaves of Solitude is a 1947 novel by Patrick Hamilton that portrays the claustrophobic lives and quiet desperation of wartime boarding-house residents in suburban England.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Patrick Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
loneliness
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power dynamics ⓘ quiet desperation ⓘ repression ⓘ social claustrophobia ⓘ wartime dislocation ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly regarded by critics ⓘ |
| depicts |
boarding-house life
ⓘ
civilian experience of World War II ⓘ |
| followsInAuthorOeuvre | Hangover Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later British war-time fiction ⓘ |
| hasPlaceInCanon | classic of mid-20th-century British fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
bullying and domination
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interpersonal conflict ⓘ middle-class English society ⓘ wartime rationing and restrictions ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
psychological insight
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realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Miss Roach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | book ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed characterization
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evocation of wartime atmosphere ⓘ portrayal of petty cruelty ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Patrick Hamilton bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| publisher | Constable & Co. (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | suburban England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1940s
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Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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melancholic ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
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