Questions tagged [setting]
Questions regarding the physical location and time period in which a work of literature takes place.
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Do Stevenson's pirates speak in Cornish dialect?
In a literature-related thread on another SE site, I found the claim that the pirates in Robert louis Stevenson's Treasure Island speak in a Cornish dialect. This makes sense only thematically (given ...
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What does its future setting add to Cold Comfort Farm?
Cold Comfort Farm is set gently but irresistibly a decade or two after its original publishing date, with video phones and the Anglo-Nicaraguan War of '46 and so forth.
However, setting the action in ...
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Is the location of the land of the Houyhnhnms significant?
As seen from the below map from the Wikipedia article, which is identical to the version of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, which I own, the land of the Houyhnhnms is directly below what we now ...
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Which Animorphs books have description of the Yeerk Pool?
For something I'm working on, I want to refer to descriptions of the Yeerk Pool from K. A. Applegate's Animorphs series. However, there are a lot of books, and I'm not sure which would be relevant. ...
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Why don't the Assassin's Creed novels include present day events?
The Assassin's Creed games mostly have a present-day component, where the protagonist's descendent enters the Animus, reliving the protagonist's life. Since this is merely replaying memories, we don't ...
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Where is the setting of "Time, as it evaporates..."?
I recently read an interesting story that was sought in an identification request on another site: the short story "Time, as it evaporates..." ("Le temps, en s'évaporant") by Jean-...
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What do the locations mentioned in First Love mean?
Gwendoline Riley's novel First Love (2017) is about the relationship of the female narrator, Neve, with Edwyn, and how the type of relationships she had with her mother and (especially) her abusive ...
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In what year is Santiago murdered in Chronicle of a Death Foretold?
I have seen several analyses and reviews that claim the story is set in the fifties.
I think the story is actually set in 1947. Could this be right?
Here is my reasoning:
The narrator says that he is ...
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How much worldbuilding of Sodor was included in the original Rev. W. Awdry stories?
The famous Railway Series by the Rev. W. Awdry is set in the fictional island of Sodor, situated between northern England and the Isle of Man. Today, reading about Sodor on Wikipedia, I was surprised ...
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Did Anthony Trollope's Barsetshire inspire the Archers' Borsetshire?
Barsetshire is a fictional county of England, created by Anthony Trollope for his Chronicles of Barsetshire series published in the mid-19th century. The county town is the equally fictional ...
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How can there be an Icnield Way in Hybras?
Jack Vance's Lyonesse trilogy includes some detailed worldbuilding of the island of Hybras (a.k.a. Atlantis), located off the Bay of Biscay and, at least at the time the story starts, divided into ten ...
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Can the social commentary in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" be applied to the present?
Recently, I have picked up "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" after reading glowing reviews of the book.
However, as I read the book further, I felt that I have completely misunderstood the points it ...
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What was the location of Hill House in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson?
What was the location of Hill House in The Haunting of Hill House (1959) by Shirley Jackson?
The movie adaptation The Haunting (1963) claims that Hill House was built in the most remote region of New ...
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How much can be pieced together of the alternate history in the Bartimaeus series?
The Bartimaeus series is set in an alternate-history world, in which the British Empire is ruled by a council of magicians who bind demons/spirits to their will and subjugate non-magical "...
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Is White Deer Park based on any specific nature reserve?
The series of Animals of Farthing Wood stories is best known for the initial story covering their epic journey from Farthing Wood to White Deer Park. The later, lesser known, sequels cover their ...
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What date does 'Ender's Game' take place?
Does the book ever specify the date of when the story takes place?
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