Corey family

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The Corey family is a prominent, old-money Boston Brahmin family featured in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," representing traditional New England aristocratic values.

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Corey family canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family ⓘ
appearsIn The Rise of Silas Lapham ⓘ
appearsInGenre realist novel ⓘ
appearsInLanguage English ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorMovement American realism ⓘ
contrastedWith Lapham family ⓘ
Silas Lapham ⓘ
createdBy William Dean Howells ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) ⓘ
hasCulturalBackground New England elite ⓘ
linked to: New England Brahmin
hasFamilyMember Bromfield Corey ⓘ
Mrs. Corey ⓘ
Nanny Corey ⓘ
Tom Corey ⓘ
hasResidenceLocation Boston ⓘ
hasSettingPeriod late 19th-century Boston ⓘ
hasSocialClass Boston Brahmin ⓘ
linked to: Boston Brahmins
hasThemeRelation class conflict ⓘ
old money vs. new money ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
hasWealthType old money ⓘ
isDescribedAs aristocratic family ⓘ
prominent Boston family ⓘ
isPartOf American literary canon ⓘ
linked to: American literature
narrativeFunction foil to Silas Lapham’s rise ⓘ
represents traditional New England aristocratic values ⓘ
symbolizes cultural refinement ⓘ
established social hierarchy ⓘ
social conservatism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silas Lapham → associatedWithFamily → Corey family ⓘ
Tom Corey → belongsToFamily → Corey family ⓘ