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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Author
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gptkbp:adaptation
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gptkb:The_Girl_(film)
gptkb:The_Tinker_(film)
The Black Velvet Gown (film)
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:British_Book_Award
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1906-09-27
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gptkbp:birth_place
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South Shields, England
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gptkbp:burial_place
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gptkb:St._Mary’s_Church,_East_Sussex
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:1
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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Popular in the UK
Widely read in schools
Adaptations into television dramas
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gptkbp:death_date
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1998-06-11
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:East_Sussex,_England
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gptkbp:education
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Self-taught
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gptkbp:famous_for
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Best-selling author
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gptkbp:genre
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Historical fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Catherine Cookson
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gptkbp:influenced
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Contemporary British authors
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:D._H._Lawrence
gptkb:Agatha_Christie
gptkb:Dame_Margaret_Atwood
gptkb:J._K._Rowling
gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Hilary_Mantel
gptkb:George_Eliot
gptkb:Jane_Austen
gptkb:Thomas_Hardy
gptkb:The_Brontë_Sisters
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gptkbp:inspiration
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Her own life experiences
Historical events in England
Working-class background
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legacy
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gptkb:Catherine_Cookson_Prize_for_Literature
Influence on romantic fiction
Continued popularity posthumously
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gptkbp:name
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gptkb:Catherine_Cookson
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:British
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gptkbp:notable_character
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gptkb:Joe
gptkb:Sarah
gptkb:Tommy
gptkb:Ellen
gptkb:Mary_Ann
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:The_Girl
gptkb:The_Round_Tower
gptkb:The_Black_Velvet_Gown
The Tinker
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Novelist
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:William_Cookson
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gptkbp:website
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catherinecookson.com
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gptkbp:works
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Over 100 novels
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Newcastle_upon_Tyne
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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