Summer's Lease
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"Summer's Lease" is a comic novel by British writer and barrister John Mortimer, best known for its witty portrayal of an English family's eventful holiday in a rented Tuscan villa.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | English ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | BBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationWriter | John Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Summer's Lease (television serial) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Mortimer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | well received for its humor and characterization ⓘ |
| depicts |
English tourists in Italy
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Tuscan countryside ⓘ art and architecture in Tuscany ⓘ |
| features | English family on holiday ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Evelyn
NERFINISHED
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Flora Pargeter NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilda Pargeter NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Pargeter NERFINISHED ⓘ Luca NERFINISHED ⓘ Will Pargeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comic fiction
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humorous novel ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
heat of Italian summer
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mystery surrounding the villa's owner ⓘ rented villa ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural clash between English and Italians
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family relationships ⓘ holiday escapism ⓘ marital tensions ⓘ middle age ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ |
| hasTone |
light-hearted
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satirical ⓘ witty ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Molly Pargeter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | family holiday in a rented Tuscan villa ⓘ |
| notableFor | witty portrayal of English middle-class life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| settingCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Shakespearean phrase "summer's lease" from Sonnet 18 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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