A Stranger Still
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| Author | Anna Kavan |
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A Stranger Still est un texte épais dont l’indice de diversité lexicale pointe à 9.304288. Il comporte 472037 caractères et 94606 mots dont 10168 différents.
A Stranger Still introduit un nombre significatif de protagonistes évoluant dans une fiction aux contours géographiques identifiables.
A Stranger Still, publiée pour la première fois en 1935, est une œuvre signée Helen Ferguson. Elle a été éditée à 2 reprises, la dernière édition datant de 1995.
FROM THE BOOK JACKET: A Stranger Still was first published in 1935 under Anna Kavan’s early married name of Helen Ferguson. An intriguing, well-plotted story, it was much acclaimed at the time, and its freshness and vigour remain undiminished. The wealthy Lewison family occupy centre stage. William, a widower, presides forcefully over his empire of Greater London stores, as well as over his sons, Cedric and Martin, and his impressionable daughter, Gwenda. A fictional ‘Anna Kavan’ appears as a young girl adrift from her husband and now in pursuit of romantic fulfillment. The story takes us from fashionable and Bohemian London to Paris, the South of France and Italy. The autobiographical element is implicit for those familiar with the author’s enigmatic life. Anna Kavan captures the ambience of the thirties with conviction, yet her pre-hallucinogenic writing has the uninhibitedness and immediacy of a novel of today. (From the book jacket, british reprint published in 1995).
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transit: agency
The agency that operates this public transportation route.
transit: dropoff
The arrangement required for passengers to be dropped off at this service stop.
Characters
_:annak foaf:name "Anna Kavan" . _:matthew foaf:name "Matthew Kavan" . _:catherine foaf:name "Catherine Howard" . _:lauretta foaf:name "Lauretta" . _:mary foaf:name "Mary Graham" . _:edward foaf:name "Sir Edward Wilbur" . _:william foaf:name "William Lewison" . _:cedric foaf:name "Cedric Lewison" . _:jean foaf:name "Jean Lewison" . _:martin foaf:name "Martin Lewison" . _:germaine foaf:name "Germaine Lewison" . _:gerard foaf:name "Gerard Gill" . _:gwenda foaf:name "Gwenda Lewison" . _:tony foaf:name "Anthony Quested Jr" . _:anthony foaf:name "Anthony Quested" . _:claydon foaf:name "Mr Claydon" . _:david foaf:name "David Fairbrother" . _:hubert foaf:name "Hubert Byrne" . _:george foaf:name "George West" . _:winny foaf:name "Winny West" .
Relationships
# AROUND THE LEWISONS
_:william rel:ancestorOf _:Joseph Lewisohn .
_:cedric rel:childOf _:william .
_:martin rel:childOf _:william .
_:gwenda rel:childOf _:william ;
rel:ambivalentOf _:tony .
_:jean rel:spouseOf _:cedric .
_:germaine rel:spouseOf _:martin ;
ak:mistressOf _:gerard .
_:gerard rel:closeFriendOf _:martin .
_:george rel:employedBy _:william .
_:winny rel:spouseOf _:george .
_:anthony rel:collaboratesWith _:william .
_:tony rel:childOf _:anthony
_:claydon rel:employedBy _:anthony .
_:david rel:colleagueOf _:william .
_:hubert rel:colleagueOf _:william ;
rel:enemyOf _:william .
# AROUND ANNA KAVAN
_:catherine rel:closeFriendOf _:anna ;
rel:colleagueOf _:anna ;
_:lauretta rel:parentOf _:anna .
_:mary rel:oldFriendOf _:lauretta .
_:matthew rel:husbandOf _:anna .
_:edward rel:wouldLikeToKnow _:anna .
_:martin rel:hasMet _:anna .
Plot — ACT 1
# SCENE 1: A clandestine love affair discovered
_:germaine rel:spouseOf _:martin .
_:gerard rel:closeFriendOf _:martin .
_:germaine ak:mistressOf _:gerard .
_:claydon rel:employedBy _:anthony ;
bio:position "detective" ;
bio:followingEvent "The 2 lovers discovered in an hotel room in Paris" ;
bio:place "Paris" .
_:martin rel:childOf _:william .
_:anthony rel:collaboratesWith _:william ;
bio:position "lawyer" .
_:e a bio:Divorce ;
bio:partner _:martin ;
bio:partner _:germaine ;
bio:place _:london .
# SCENE 2: Let Me Alone, Anna Kavan's desire of emancipation
_:matthew bio:place "Thazila";
bio:position "Assistant locomotive super intendant" .
_:catherine rel:closeFriendOf _:anna ;
rel:colleagueOf _:anna ;
bio:position "Partners in a fashion shop" ;
bio:place "London" ;
bio:followingEvent "Conflictual situation" .
_:edward rel:wouldLikeToKnow _:anna .
_:anna bio:emigration "Nice" ;
bio:participant "Lauretta" ;
bio:concurringEvent "Unexpected visit to the rich old aunt" .
Plot — ACT 2
# SCENE 1: Dirty trick from a partner. And more.
_:hubert bio:place "London" ;
bio:organization "Cray River Development Trust" ;
ak:playingWith _:william ;
ak:playingWith _:david ;
rel:hasMet _:anthony ;
rel:hasMet _:cedric ;
rel:wouldLikeToKnow _:tony .
_:tony ak:playingWith _:gwenda .
_:gerard ak:playingWith _:germaine .
_:e a transit:dropoff ;
transit:agency _:george ;
bio:participant _:william ;
bio:participant _:gwenda ;
bio:participant _:martin ;
bio:place "Bandol" .
_:hubert bio:organization "Fairbrother" ;
bio:promotion "Acquires majority shares." .
# SCENE 2: Anna Kavan's mythological incounter with a painter in the South of France
_:mary rel:oldFriendOf _:lauretta ;
bio:spectator _:anna .
_:martin rel:hasMet _:anna .
Plot — ACT 3
_:hubert bio:promotion "Acquires majority shares." ;
bio:organization "Fairbrother" .
_william transit:stop "London" ;
bio:demotion "Fairbrother" .
bio:concludingEvent "William gets a heart attack" .
_:martin transit:stop "London" .
_:gwenda transit:stop "London" .
_:anna rel:spouseOf _:matthew;
bio:initiatingEvent "tells him she doesn't want to live with him anymore" .
_:matthew transit:fromStop "Burma" ;
transit:toStop "London" .
_:anna transit:stop "London" ;
_:anna bio:concludingEvent "sees her own error and sends a cable to her husband".
_:germaine rel:spouseOf _:martin ;
_:germaine transit:route _:gerard ;
bio:concludingEvent "Martin starts to paint again alone in his studio. It was the likeness of a young woman confronting him on his canvas".
stats#bigram
- William Lewison
- Carolina Club
- old man
- long time
- Lauretta Bland
- Starling Hill
- Miss Graham
- Anthony Quested
- Worcester Road
- Anna Kavan
- Tony Quested
- Gerald Gill
- Martin Lewison
- Sir Edward
- young man
- partnership agreement
- George West
- Ethelbert Place
- Hubert Byrne
- Matthew Kavan
stats#has character
- Hubert Byrne
- George West
- Tony Quested
- Martin Lewison
- Gerald Gill
- Germaine Lewison
- Matthew Kavan
- Gwenda Lewison
- Anthony Quested
- Anna Kavan
- Claydon
- William Lewison
- Mary Graham
- Cedric Lewison
- Edward Wilbur
- David Fairborther
- Winny West
- Catherine Howard
- Lauretta Bland
stats#has character count
- 472037
stats#has diversity indice
- 9.304288
stats#has unique word count
- 10168
stats#has word count
- 94606
coverage
- Starling Hill
- Worcester Road
- London
- Riviera
- Nice
- Thazila
- 1930-1940
- Toulon
- Bellevue hotel
- Ethelbert Place
- Gardone Lake
- Bandol
creator
- http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL200810A
date
- 1995
description
- FROM THE BOOK JACKET: A Stranger Still was first published in 1935 under Anna Kavan’s early married name of Helen Ferguson. An intriguing, well-plotted story, it was much acclaimed at the time, and its freshness and vigour remain undiminished. The wealthy Lewison family occupy centre stage. William, a widower, presides forcefully over his empire of Greater London stores, as well as over his sons, Cedric and Martin, and his impressionable daughter, Gwenda. A fictional ‘Anna Kavan’ appears as a young girl adrift from her husband and now in pursuit of romantic fulfillment. The story takes us from fashionable and Bohemian London to Paris, the South of France and Italy. The autobiographical element is implicit for those familiar with the author’s enigmatic life. Anna Kavan captures the ambience of the thirties with conviction, yet her pre-hallucinogenic writing has the uninhibitedness and immediacy of a novel of today. (From the book jacket, british reprint published in 1995).
subject
- autobiographical
- N5dcf02e1142f4fa6aaabd279b979acde
- Protected DAISY
- In Library
- bildungsroman
- Na093dd5995b9485c80f1049be2bf0b1e
- female emancipation
title
- A Stranger Still
22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
- http://purl.org/vocab/frbr/core#Work
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