The Sobbin' Women

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"The Sobbin' Women" is a 1938 short story by Stephen Vincent Benét that humorously retells the ancient Roman legend of the Sabine women, later serving as the literary basis for the musical film "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers."

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instanceOf literary work
short story
adaptedAs basis for the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
author Stephen Vincent Benét NERFINISHED
basedOn legend of the Sabine women
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre humorous fiction
short story
hasCharacterType backwoods brothers
frontier women
hasTitlePunOn Sabine women
influenced Seven Brides for Seven Brothers NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature
medium print
narrativeForm retelling of ancient Roman legend
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor comic reinterpretation of classical legend
serving as literary source for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
publicationYear 1938
setting frontier American setting (fictionalized)
theme abduction motif adapted for comedy
community and reconciliation
courtship and marriage
gender relations
tone humorous

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers basedOn The Sobbin' Women