Cannery Row

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novel

Cannery Row is a 1945 novel by John Steinbeck that portrays the lives of down-and-out but warm-hearted characters in a sardine-canning district of Monterey, California.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Cannery Row (1982 film) 1
Cannery Row series 1
Cannery Row, Monterey 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationType film adaptation ⓘ
adaptedAs Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cannery Row (1982 film)
author John Steinbeck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts down-and-out characters ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
novel ⓘ
regional fiction ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
hasCharacterOccupation brothel owner (Dora Flood) ⓘ
grocer (Lee Chong) ⓘ
marine biologist (Doc) ⓘ
hasSequel Sweet Thursday ⓘ
hasTheme community ⓘ
compassion ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
marginalized people ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
survival ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin named after the real Cannery Row in Monterey ⓘ
includedIn John Steinbeck bibliography ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
surface form: American modernism

Realism ⓘ
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance classic of 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Doc ⓘ
Dora Flood ⓘ
Hazel ⓘ
Lee Chong ⓘ
Mack ⓘ
The Boys ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of Monterey’s Cannery Row district ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cannery Row series
publicationYear 1945 ⓘ
publisher The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form: Viking Press
setInLocation Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cannery Row, Monterey

Monterey ⓘ
surface form: Monterey, California
settingType sardine-canning district ⓘ
structure episodic ⓘ
timePeriod Great Depression ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
poignant ⓘ
warm-hearted ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cannery Row → adaptedAs → Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannery Row (1982 film)
Monterey Bay region → contains → Cannery Row ⓘ
Monterey → hasAttraction → Cannery Row ⓘ
Monterey → knownFor → Cannery Row ⓘ
John Steinbeck → notableWork → Cannery Row ⓘ
Cannery Row → partOfSeries → Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannery Row series
Cannery Row → setInLocation → Cannery Row self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cannery Row, Monterey