The Edwardians
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The Edwardians is a 1930 novel by Vita Sackville-West that portrays the lives, social rituals, and moral tensions of the British aristocracy during the Edwardian era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Edwardians canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Vita Sackville-West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
country house society
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pre–World War I Britain ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between tradition and modernity
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constraints of class and duty ⓘ sexual morality in upper-class society ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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novel of manners ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | female ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
aristocrat
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social climber ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a significant work in Vita Sackville-West's career ⓘ |
| hasStructure | chapters ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aristocratic privilege
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generational conflict ⓘ public versus private morality ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| hasTimeSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British country house tradition
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Edwardian social customs ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist-era British fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Sebastian
NERFINISHED
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Viola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
decline of the British aristocracy
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moral tensions in aristocratic society ⓘ social rituals of the British upper class ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1930 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
All Passion Spent
NERFINISHED
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The Heir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingSocialClass | British aristocracy ⓘ |
| title | The Edwardians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vita Sackville-West