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.
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| The Greengage Summer canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Greengage Summer Context triple: [Rumer Godden, notableWork, The Greengage Summer]
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Days of the Bagnold Summer
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The Garden Party
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Greengage Summer Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Days of the Bagnold Summer
Days of the Bagnold Summer is a 2019 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film adapted from Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel, focusing on the strained yet tender relationship between a shy teenage metalhead and his single mother over a long summer.
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B.
The Camomile Lawn
The Camomile Lawn is a 1992 British television drama miniseries, adapted from Mary Wesley’s novel, that follows the intertwined lives and loves of a family and their cousins before, during, and after World War II.
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C.
Cakes and Ale
Cakes and Ale is a satirical novel by W. Somerset Maugham that explores literary fame, hypocrisy, and social pretensions in early 20th-century England.
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D.
The Garden Party
The Garden Party is an absurdist satirical play by Czech writer and future president Václav Havel that critiques bureaucratic conformity and the loss of individual identity under totalitarian systems.
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E.
The Englishwoman’s Garden
The Englishwoman’s Garden is an influential gardening book that showcases traditional and contemporary English gardens through essays and photographs, reflecting the style and expertise of renowned garden designer Rosemary Verey.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
|
| 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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