The Golden Notebook

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The Golden Notebook is a landmark 1962 novel by Doris Lessing that explores women's psychological fragmentation, politics, and creativity through an experimental, metafictional structure.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Doris Lessing ⓘ
awarded Prix Médicis étranger ⓘ
linked to: Prix Médicis
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre feminist literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Golden Notebook (stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Notebook
includedInList Modern Library 100 Best Novels (readers' list) ⓘ
TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 ⓘ
influenced feminist literary criticism ⓘ
second-wave feminism ⓘ
isbn 9780060931407 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literarySignificance experimental narrative form ⓘ
landmark of feminist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Anna Wulf ⓘ
Molly Jacobs ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure frame narrative intercut with notebooks ⓘ
narrativeTechnique metafiction ⓘ
shifting perspectives ⓘ
pageCount approximately 600 ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
publicationDate 1962 ⓘ
publisher Michael Joseph ⓘ
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
linked to: Rhodesia
structureElement black notebook ⓘ
blue notebook ⓘ
golden notebook ⓘ
red notebook ⓘ
yellow notebook ⓘ
theme Cold War politics ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
creativity ⓘ
feminism ⓘ
friendship between women ⓘ
mental breakdown ⓘ
politics ⓘ
sexual relationships ⓘ
women's psychological fragmentation ⓘ
writer's block ⓘ

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Doris Lessing → notableWork → The Golden Notebook ⓘ
The Golden Notebook → hasAdaptation → The Golden Notebook (stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing → notableWork → The Golden Notebook ⓘ
Doris May Tayler → notableWork → The Golden Notebook ⓘ
André Deutsch → publisherOf → The Golden Notebook ⓘ
André Deutsch → publisherOf → The Golden Notebook (first UK edition) ⓘ
linked to: The Golden Notebook