The Greengage Summer
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The Greengage Summer is a 1958 coming-of-age novel by Rumer Godden about an English family’s transformative and unsettling holiday in the French Champagne region.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Greengage Summer (film) | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| alternativeTitle | Loss of Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rumer Godden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Greengage Summer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
crime and suspicion
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holiday gone wrong ⓘ romantic tension ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
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novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Greengage Summer (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAgeGroupOfProtagonist | adolescent ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | features greengage plums in some editions ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | regarded as one of Rumer Godden’s notable works ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSiblingGroup | true ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenreMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Cecil Grey
NERFINISHED
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Hester Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Joss Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicky Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ Willmouse Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrator | Cecil Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocative depiction of adolescence and awakening sexuality
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vivid portrayal of a French hotel setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An English family’s holiday in the French Champagne region becomes transformative and unsettling after the mother falls ill and the children are left largely unsupervised in a hotel. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Cecil Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1958 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Champagne region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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family dynamics ⓘ innocence and experience ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 20th century ⓘ |
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