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
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extended Darwin family ⓘ |
| describes |
Gwen Raverat's childhood
ⓘ
life in a scientific and intellectual family ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
domestic life
ⓘ
social customs in Cambridge ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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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
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Darwin family ⓘ Victorian childhood ⓘ family life ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| timeOfEvents |
Edwardian era
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Victorian era ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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nostalgic ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Gwendolen Raverat