Adam Fenwick-Symes
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Adam Fenwick-Symes is the disillusioned young writer at the center of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Vile Bodies," navigating the excess and moral emptiness of London’s interwar high society.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ novel character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Vile Bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bright Young Things NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
excess
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moral emptiness ⓘ social decadence ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cynical
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disillusioned ⓘ world-weary ⓘ |
| createdBy | Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdInCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedTo | Nina Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn | Vile Bodies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genreContext | satire ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialPerspectiveFrom | Evelyn Waugh’s satirical viewpoint ⓘ |
| hasMedium | novel ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryFunction | vehicle for social satire ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeEra |
between World War I and World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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focalizer ⓘ |
| narrativeToneAround |
darkly comic
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ironic ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | British ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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writer ⓘ |
| partOf |
20th-century English fiction
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British literature ⓘ |
| publisherOfWork | Chapman and Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| romanticRelationshipWith | Nina Blount NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingOfActivities |
London parties
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Mayfair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass |
high society
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upper-class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
lost generation in Britain
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postwar disillusionment ⓘ |
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