The Human Comedy

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The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan that portrays the lives and struggles of a small-town American family during World War II.

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Generate an image of The Human Comedy (The Human Comedy is a 1943 novel by William Saroyan that portrays the lives and struggles of a small-town American family during World War II.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptationType film ⓘ
adaptedInto The Human Comedy (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
author William Saroyan ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
filmDirector Clarence Brown ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1943 ⓘ
filmScreenplayBy William Saroyan ⓘ
firstPublicationMedium print ⓘ
genre coming-of-age novel ⓘ
domestic fiction ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasFormat novel ⓘ
hasISBN 9780151423011 ⓘ
hasMediaType book ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasSubject World War II – United States home front ⓘ
families – fiction ⓘ
small towns – fiction ⓘ
telegraph messengers – fiction ⓘ
hasTargetAudience general adult readers ⓘ
isInCanonOf American literature ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Bess Macauley ⓘ
Homer Macauley ⓘ
Marcus Macauley ⓘ
Mrs. Macauley ⓘ
Ulysses Macauley ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableCharacterOccupation telegraph messenger ⓘ
originalPublisherLocation New York City ⓘ
protagonistName Homer Macauley ⓘ
protagonistOccupation telegraph messenger ⓘ
publicationYear 1943 ⓘ
publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company ⓘ
setInCountry United States ⓘ
setInFictionalTown Ithaca, California ⓘ
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
setInState California ⓘ
theme family ⓘ
innocence and coming of age ⓘ
loss and grief ⓘ
small-town American life ⓘ
war and its effects on the home front ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory early 1940s ⓘ

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Saroyan Theatre → namedForNotableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
La Comédie humaine → titleTranslation → The Human Comedy ⓘ
William Saroyan → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
William Saroyan → screenStoryFor → The Human Comedy (film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
The Human Comedy → adaptedInto → The Human Comedy (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
Clarence Brown → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Clarence Brown → directed → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Jackie "Butch" Jenkins → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Marsha Hunt → notableWork → The Human Comedy (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
Sara Haden → appearedIn → The Human Comedy (film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
James Craig → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Florence Eldridge → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Ithaca, California → appearsInWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Ulysses Macauley → appearsIn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Mrs. Macauley → fictionalUniverse → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Mrs. Macauley → appearsIn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Mrs. Macauley → firstAppearance → novel The Human Comedy (1943) ⓘ
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Bess Macauley → appearsIn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Marcus Macauley → appearsIn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Marcus Macauley → firstAppearance → The Human Comedy (1943) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley → protagonistOf → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Homer Macauley → appearsIn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Homer Macauley → adaptedIn → The Human Comedy (1943 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Human Comedy
Homer Macauley → adaptedIn → The Human Comedy (stage adaptations) ⓘ
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Clarence Leon Brown → directed → The Human Comedy ⓘ
Ithaca → basedOn → The Human Comedy ⓘ
William Saroyan → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ
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Galt MacDermot → notableWork → The Human Comedy ⓘ