On Chesil Beach
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On Chesil Beach is a novella by Ian McEwan that explores the fragile early hours of a young couple’s marriage in 1960s England, focusing on miscommunication, sexual anxiety, and the lasting consequences of a single night.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| On Chesil Beach canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | On Chesil Beach (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ian McEwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtistFirstEdition | Jonathan Cape design department ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Dominic Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Ian McEwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novella ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224078788 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Edward Mayhew
NERFINISHED
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Florence Ponting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of sexual mores in 1960s Britain
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portrayal of a wedding night ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCountFirstEdition | 166 ⓘ |
| partOf | contemporary British literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
Chesil Beach
NERFINISHED
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England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | early 1960s ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedForYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| theme |
class differences
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consequences of choices ⓘ marital relationships ⓘ miscommunication ⓘ sexual anxiety ⓘ social repression ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | pre-sexual revolution era ⓘ |
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