La Motte family (fictional)
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The La Motte family is a fictional household featured in Ann Radcliffe’s Gothic novel "The Romance of the Forest," around whom much of the story’s mystery and domestic drama revolves.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Romance of the Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| associatedLocationType |
religious ruin
ⓘ
secluded dwelling ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter |
Adeline
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Theodore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationalityOfWork | British literature ⓘ |
| conflictType |
family conflict
ⓘ
internal moral struggle ⓘ social persecution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France (fictional setting) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Ann Radcliffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Romance of the Forest (1791) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
romance novel ⓘ |
| householdHead | Monsieur La Motte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvesCrime | concealment of past misdeeds ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 18th-century Gothic ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | sentimental Gothic ⓘ |
| marriedCouple | Monsieur La Motte and Madame La Motte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| member |
Louis La Motte
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madame La Motte NERFINISHED ⓘ Monsieur La Motte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central household
ⓘ
focus of mystery ⓘ source of domestic drama ⓘ |
| plotFunction |
connects heroine to the abbey’s mystery
ⓘ
shelters Adeline ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ann Radcliffe Gothic novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | pre-Revolutionary France ⓘ |
| setting | ruined abbey in a French forest ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
domestic instability
ⓘ
guilt ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ persecution ⓘ secrecy ⓘ |
| workPublishedIn | 1791 ⓘ |
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