Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood

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Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood is a memoir by wood engraver and author Gwen Raverat, vividly recounting her late 19th-century upbringing in Cambridge and her life within the extended Darwin family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
memoir
author Gwen Raverat
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Victorian-era Cambridge
extended Darwin family
describes Gwen Raverat's childhood
life in a scientific and intellectual family
focusesOn domestic life
social customs in Cambridge
genre autobiography
memoir
hasIllustrationsBy Gwen Raverat
language English
literaryForm prose
mainCharacter Gwen Raverat
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor insider view of the Darwin family
integration of text and wood-engraved illustrations
vivid portrayal of Cambridge academic milieu
portrays members of the Darwin family
relatedTo Charles Darwin
settingPeriod late 19th century
settingPlace Cambridge, England
subject Cambridge society
Darwin family
Victorian childhood
family life
social history
timeOfEvents Edwardian era
Victorian era
tone humorous
nostalgic

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Gwen Raverat notableWork Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
Gwendolen notableWork Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
subject surface form: Gwendolen Raverat