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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instanceOf novel
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
surface form: United States
criticalReception considered one of Patricia Highsmith’s darker works
praised for its psychological depth
genre crime fiction
psychological fiction
hasAdaptation Ediths Tagebuch (film) NERFINISHED
hasForm prose
hasISBN 978-0-8021-3500-5
hasMedium hardcover
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
surface form: United States
settingPeriod mid-20th century
subjectMatter family dynamics
mental illness
suburban life
targetAudience adult readers
theme alienation
domestic life
feminine roles
identity
mental disintegration
self-deception
social isolation
workOf Patricia Highsmith NERFINISHED

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