The Fortnight in September
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The Fortnight in September is a 1931 novel by R. C. Sherriff that gently and poignantly portrays an ordinary English family's annual seaside holiday and the quiet dramas of everyday life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fortnight in September canonical | 2 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | R. C. Sherriff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
praised for its quiet realism
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regarded as a rediscovered classic ⓘ |
| follows | an ordinary English family on holiday ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | various, depending on edition ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | modern appreciations of everyday-life fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart | the family’s annual seaside holiday ⓘ |
| hasReissue |
Penguin Classics edition
NERFINISHED
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Persephone Books edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
English seaside culture
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aging and change ⓘ family relationships ⓘ holiday rituals ⓘ modest aspirations ⓘ working life in London ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | interwar literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacters | the Stevens family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family life
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quiet dramas of ordinary people ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | everyday life ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
gentle
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poignant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed observation of everyday routines
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sympathetic portrayal of lower-middle-class life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century British literature ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1931 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bognor Regis
NERFINISHED
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English seaside ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfFictionalEvents | two weeks ⓘ |
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