Harry Purvis
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Harry Purvis is the witty, often unreliable raconteur who narrates the tall, science-fictional barroom stories in Arthur C. Clarke’s collection "Tales from the White Hart."
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ narrator ⓘ raconteur ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Tales from the White Hart
NERFINISHED
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individual stories originally published in magazines and later collected in Tales from the White Hart ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | short stories ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | comic science fiction ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | British author Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
London pub culture
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White Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audienceWithinFiction | regulars at the White Hart pub ⓘ |
| characteristic |
humorous
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unreliable ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginInFiction | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Arthur C. Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Arthur C. Clarke’s White Hart milieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasThemeInStories |
scientific experimentation
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speculative technology ⓘ unexpected consequences ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elaborate barroom yarns
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pseudo-scientific explanations ⓘ |
| languageOfCharacter | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | linking device for story cycle ⓘ |
| literarySeries | White Hart stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | story-within-a-story ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | frame narrator ⓘ |
| occupation | storyteller ⓘ |
| publicationContext | Tales from the White Hart story collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relationshipToAuthor | author surrogate in some stories ⓘ |
| reliabilityOfNarration | often questionable ⓘ |
| settingOfActivity | White Hart pub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| storyType |
science-fictional anecdotes
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tall tales ⓘ |
| tellsStoriesIn | barroom setting ⓘ |
| toneOfStories |
ironic
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light-hearted ⓘ |
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