Letter to the Editor
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"Letter to the Editor" is a novel by Indian author R.K. Narayan that explores small-town life and human foibles through the satirical and gently humorous lens typical of his Malgudi stories.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Letter to the Editor canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | R. K. Narayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| explores |
bureaucracy in small-town India
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ordinary people’s concerns ⓘ social relationships in Malgudi ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
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humorous fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
clerks
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local officials ⓘ middle-class townspeople ⓘ shopkeepers ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | 20th-century Indian small-town society ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Malgudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIndianEnglishLiteratureAuthor | R. K. Narayan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryMovement | Indian English literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeMode | third-person narrative (typical of Narayan’s Malgudi works) ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
everyday life in a small town
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human weaknesses ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasTone |
ironic
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light-hearted ⓘ wry ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
gentle humor
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satirical tone ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
human foibles
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small-town life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Malgudi stories tradition ⓘ |
| setting | Malgudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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