Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Patrick Hamilton that portrays the lives and unfulfilled desires of working-class Londoners in the interwar period.

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky canonical 4

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel trilogy ⓘ
adaptedAs television series ⓘ
author Patrick Hamilton ⓘ
centralLocationInNarrative The Midnight Bell pub ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1929 ⓘ
1930 ⓘ
1934 ⓘ
genre semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
working-class fiction ⓘ
hasPart The Midnight Bell ⓘ
The Plains of Cement ⓘ
The Siege of Pleasure ⓘ
hasSubject alcohol and drinking culture ⓘ
class constraints ⓘ
romantic disillusionment ⓘ
literaryMovement interwar British literature ⓘ
literarySignificance portrayal of urban working-class life in interwar London ⓘ
mainTheme loneliness ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
unfulfilled desire ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
narrativeFocus ordinary Londoners ⓘ
narrativeStyle third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacter Bob ⓘ
Ella ⓘ
Jenny ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
publisher Constable & Co. ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingPeriod interwar period ⓘ
televisionAdaptationBroadcaster BBC ⓘ
televisionAdaptationReleaseYear 2005 ⓘ

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Patrick Hamilton → notableWork → Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky ⓘ
Patrick Hamilton → wrote → Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky ⓘ
Simon Curtis → directed → Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky ⓘ
Hangover Square → relatedWork → Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky ⓘ