The Clothes They Stood Up In

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The Clothes They Stood Up In is a darkly comic novella by British writer Alan Bennett about a middle-aged couple whose flat is completely stripped by thieves, forcing them to reassess their lives and values.

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instanceOf book
novella
adaptation The Clothes They Stood Up In (radio adaptation) NERFINISHED
The Clothes They Stood Up In (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED
author Alan Bennett NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationFormat hardback
genre comic novella
dark comedy
hasAuthorNationality British
hasCoverArtist David Hughes NERFINISHED
isbn 9781861971180
literaryForm prose fiction
mainCharacter Mr Ransome NERFINISHED
Mrs Ransome NERFINISHED
notableFor satirical portrayal of a middle-class couple stripped of all possessions
originalLanguage English
pageCount approximately 96
plotSummary A middle-aged couple return home to find their flat completely stripped by thieves, forcing them to reassess their lives and values.
protagonistType middle-aged couple
publicationYear 1996
publisher Profile Books NERFINISHED
setting London, England
surface form: London
theme consumerism
identity
loss and liberation
materialism
middle-class life
tone darkly comic

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Alan Bennett notableWork The Clothes They Stood Up In