Swallows

E554942

The Swallows are a group of adventurous children who sail and camp in Arthur Ransome’s classic “Swallows and Amazons” series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional group of children
literary character group
appearsIn Coot Club NERFINISHED
Great Northern? NERFINISHED
Missee Lee NERFINISHED
Peter Duck NERFINISHED
Pigeon Post NERFINISHED
Secret Water NERFINISHED
Swallowdale NERFINISHED
Swallows and Amazons NERFINISHED
The Big Six NERFINISHED
The Picts and the Martyrs NERFINISHED
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea NERFINISHED
Winter Holiday NERFINISHED
appearsInSeries Swallows and Amazons series NERFINISHED
associatedWithVessel Swallow (boat) NERFINISHED
characterTrait adventurous
cooperative
resourceful
contrastedWith Amazons NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy Arthur Ransome NERFINISHED
familyNameOfMembers Walker NERFINISHED
firstAppearance novel Swallows and Amazons NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1930
genre children's adventure fiction
hasAdaptation Swallows and Amazons (1974 film) NERFINISHED
Swallows and Amazons (2016 film) NERFINISHED
hasMember John Walker NERFINISHED
Roger Walker NERFINISHED
Susan Walker NERFINISHED
Titty Walker NERFINISHED
homeLocation Walker family holiday in the Lake District
interactsWith Nancy Blackett NERFINISHED
Peggy Blackett NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium novels
namedAfter Swallow (fictional sailing dinghy) NERFINISHED
notableTheme imaginative play
independence of children
outdoor adventure
primaryActivity camping
exploring
sailing
roleInSeries protagonists
setIn English Lake District (fictionalised) NERFINISHED
targetAudience children
timePeriodOfFictionalSetting interwar period

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Wild Cat Island hasAssociatedVessel Swallows
this entity surface form: Swallow