The Outcasts of Poker Flat

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat is an 1869 short story by American author Bret Harte that portrays a group of exiles in a California mining town facing moral judgment and harsh frontier conditions.

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instanceOf short story
author Bret Harte
authorNationality American
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts California mining camp society
harsh winter conditions
vigilante justice
firstPublicationPlace San Francisco
firstPublishedIn Overland Monthly
genre Western fiction
realist fiction
hasAdaptation The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1919 film)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937 film)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952 film)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (radio adaptation)
hasTitleCharacter Poker Flat (fictional town)
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Local color
mainCharacter John Oakhurst
Mother Shipton
The Duchess
Uncle Billy
narrativePerspective third-person narrator
notableFor portrayal of outcasts with sympathy
use of local dialect
originalLanguage English
placeInAuthorCareer one of Bret Harte's best-known stories
publicationYear 1869
publisher Overland Monthly
relatedWork Tennessee's Partner
The Luck of Roaring Camp
settingCountry United States
settingLocation Poker Flat, California
settingPeriod California Gold Rush
settingRegion Sierra Nevada
supportingCharacter Piney Woods
Tom Simson
theme fate and chance
frontier justice
hypocrisy of society
moral judgment
redemption
sacrifice
social exclusion
tone ironic
tragic

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Bret Harte notableWork The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Francis Bret Harte notableWork The Outcasts of Poker Flat
subject linked to: Francis
Bret Harte notableWork The Outcasts of Poker Flat
subject linked to: Harte
The Outcasts of Poker Flat hasAdaptation The Outcasts of Poker Flat (radio adaptation)
linked to: The Outcasts of Poker Flat