The New Magdalen

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_New_Magdalen
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Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film_adaptation
gptkb:stage_play
gptkbp:author gptkb:Wilkie_Collins
gptkbp:character gptkb:Mr._Hargrove
gptkb:Mrs._Hargrove
gptkb:Dr._Hargrove
the protagonist
the narrator
the sidekick
the antagonist
the comic relief
the observer
the friend
the hero
the mentor
the outsider
the authority figure
the love interest
the confidant
the guide
the rival
the anti-hero
the dreamer
the rebel
the victim
the mentor figure
the believer
the idealist
the realist
the skeptic
the bystander
the family member
the protector
the challenger
the parental figure
Miss Lacy
Mr. Paul
the tragic figure
the love rival
the scapegoat
gptkbp:character_development Margaret's transformation
gptkbp:conflict societal expectations
internal struggle
self-acceptance
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkbp:historical_context 19th century England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The New Magdalen
gptkbp:influence later detective fiction
gptkbp:influences social issues of the time
gptkbp:inspiration real-life Magdalene asylums
gptkbp:isbn 978-1-84749-123-4
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_devices foreshadowing
flashback
gptkbp:literary_significance explores women's roles
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Margaret
gptkbp:motif gptkb:deception
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
unreliable narrator
gptkbp:page_count approximately 300
gptkbp:plot focuses on a woman's struggle for identity
gptkbp:published 1873
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Chatto_&_Windus
gptkbp:related_works gptkb:The_Woman_in_White
gptkbp:setting gptkb:London
gptkb:Victorian_England
gptkbp:style Gothic elements
gptkbp:symbolism the New Magdalen institution
gptkbp:theme gptkb:moral_ambiguity
gptkb:social_justice
redemption
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wilkie_Collins
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5