Appointment in Samarra
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Appointment in Samarra is a 1934 novel by American writer John O'Hara that portrays the rapid self-destruction of a young Pennsylvania businessman amid the social tensions of small-town life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Appointment in Samarra canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | John O'Hara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Van Dearing Perrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Prohibition-era social life
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country club society ⓘ organized crime connections ⓘ |
| followsCharacter | Julian English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
novel
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psychological fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Appointment in Samarra (radio adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Al Grecco
NERFINISHED
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Caroline English NERFINISHED ⓘ Ed Charney NERFINISHED ⓘ Froggy Ogden NERFINISHED ⓘ Julian English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotto | The Appointment in Samarra epigraph ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 300 pages ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
businessmen
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marriage ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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marital conflict ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ small-town life ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| includedInList | Modern Library 100 Best Novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | The Appointment in Samarra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of the major American novels of the 20th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Julian English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of American middle class in the 1930s
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frank treatment of sex and alcohol ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInSeries | John O'Hara's first novel ⓘ |
| portrays |
rapid self-destruction of a young businessman
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social tensions of small-town life ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Gibbsville
NERFINISHED
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Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 1930s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | The Appointment in Samarra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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