Take a Girl Like You
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Take a Girl Like You is a 1960 novel by British author Kingsley Amis that follows a young woman's romantic and moral struggles in contemporary England, blending social comedy with sharp satire.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedToFilmYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| author | Kingsley Amis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Jonathan Miller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar |
Hayley Mills
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oliver Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
romantic fiction ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Take a Girl Like You (1970 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Take a Girl Like You (BBC television serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jenny Bunn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Patrick Standish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of changing sexual mores in mid-20th-century Britain ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Kingsley Amis bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gollancz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | contemporary 1960s England ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationFormat | television serial ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class and social mobility
ⓘ
hypocrisy in modern society ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ sexual morality ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kingsley Amis