Edith’s Diary
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Edith’s Diary is a psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith that chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through the increasingly distorted entries in her diary.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edith’s Diary canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Hans W. Geißendörfer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralDevice | diary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
considered one of Patricia Highsmith’s darker works
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praised for its psychological depth ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Ediths Tagebuch (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-8021-3500-5 ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Edith’s Diary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Edith Howland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narration through diary entries ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through increasingly distorted diary entries. ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family dynamics
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mental illness ⓘ suburban life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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domestic life ⓘ feminine roles ⓘ identity ⓘ mental disintegration ⓘ self-deception ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| workOf | Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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