Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories
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"Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories" is a collection of New England–set tales by Harriet Beecher Stowe that blend regional folklore, humor, and moral reflection through the storytelling of the character Sam Lawson.
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| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection → |
| author |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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| containsElement |
folkloric anecdotes
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moral reflection → regional dialect → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| culturalContext |
19th-century New England Protestant culture
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| explores |
folk beliefs
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social customs in New England villages → |
| featuresCharacter |
Sam Lawson
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| genre |
folklore
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humor → local color writing → moral tale → regional fiction → |
| hasCharacterType |
New England villagers
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Yankee storyteller → |
| hasTheme |
New England folklore
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community life → everyday rural life → humor and wit → morality → religion → storytelling → |
| intendedAudience |
general readership
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| language |
English
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| literaryForm |
prose
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| literaryMovement |
American local color movement
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| literaryPeriod |
19th-century American literature
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| literarySetting |
New England
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| narrativeFrameCharacter |
Sam Lawson
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| narrativeMode |
framed storytelling
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| narrativePerspective |
first-person storytelling by Sam Lawson
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| portrays |
New England village culture
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| primaryTone |
humorous
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Oldtown Folks
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The Minister's Wooing → |
| secondaryTone |
didactic
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| settingRegion |
New England countryside
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| settingType |
small town
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| workOf |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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The Ghost in the Mill
("Oldtown Fireside Stories")
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includedIn |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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notableWork |