Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle
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Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle is a series of realist novels set in a fictionalized version of England’s Staffordshire Potteries, exploring the lives and social changes of its working- and middle-class inhabitants.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle canonical | 2 |
| Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns novels | 2 |
| Five Towns novels | 1 |
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Target entity: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle Context triple: [The Old Wives’ Tale, partOf, Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle]
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The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga is a series of novels by John Galsworthy that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and moral dilemmas of an upper-middle-class English family from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century.
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Blackwood and Sons
Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential literary works and the periodical Blackwood's Magazine.
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Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford is a British period drama television series, based on Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novels, that portrays rural and small-town life in late 19th-century Oxfordshire.
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The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
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The Kingham Plough
The Kingham Plough is a renowned country pub and restaurant in the Cotswold village of Kingham, known for its high-quality, locally sourced food and welcoming atmosphere.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle Target entity description: Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle is a series of realist novels set in a fictionalized version of England’s Staffordshire Potteries, exploring the lives and social changes of its working- and middle-class inhabitants.
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A.
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga is a series of novels by John Galsworthy that chronicles the lives, conflicts, and moral dilemmas of an upper-middle-class English family from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century.
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B.
Blackwood and Sons
Blackwood and Sons was a prominent 19th-century Scottish publishing house known for issuing influential literary works and the periodical Blackwood's Magazine.
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C.
Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford is a British period drama television series, based on Flora Thompson’s semi-autobiographical novels, that portrays rural and small-town life in late 19th-century Oxfordshire.
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D.
The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
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E.
The Kingham Plough
The Kingham Plough is a renowned country pub and restaurant in the Cotswold village of Kingham, known for its high-quality, locally sourced food and welcoming atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work series
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novel cycle ⓘ |
| author | Arnold Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | highly regarded for detailed social observation ⓘ |
| depicts |
class relations
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domestic life ⓘ industrialization ⓘ provincial English society ⓘ urban growth ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
middle-class life
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social change ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
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social novel ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ambition
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economic change ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ provincial vs metropolitan life ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| influenced | later British regional novels ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Staffordshire, England
NERFINISHED
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Stoke-on-Trent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Edwardian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | realism ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
Anna of the Five Towns
NERFINISHED
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Clayhanger NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilda Lessways NERFINISHED ⓘ The Card NERFINISHED ⓘ The Grim Smile of the Five Towns NERFINISHED ⓘ The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ The Old Wives’ Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ These Twain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
pottery industry
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religious nonconformity ⓘ small-town politics ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Staffordshire Potteries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | fictionalized industrial district ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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