The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly
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"The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his collection *Plain Tales from the Hills*, that satirically portrays the misadventures and mistaken identity of a vain young British officer in colonial India.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
short story
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work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| collection | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
British officers in India
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colonial administration ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Kipling’s Anglo-Indian stories ⓘ |
| firstPublicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial literature
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comic fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Lieutenant Golightly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Anglo-Indian literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lieutenant Golightly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | short narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Plain Tales from the Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early works of Rudyard Kipling ⓘ |
| portrays |
consequences of mistaken identity
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misadventures of a vain young officer ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | British army officer ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
British India
NERFINISHED
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colonial India ⓘ |
| theme |
British colonial life
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military culture ⓘ mistaken identity ⓘ social satire ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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ironic ⓘ |
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