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Short story collection- the title story is about, "A young Englishman, now married, reminisces about his wild teen-age days. He stole for kicks. He met Doris, daughter of a prosperous scrap merchant, who became his partner in love and thievery. He was caught after they robbed a shoe shop one night. He spent 3 yrs. in prison. Doris was pregnant, she married a mechanic, & both were killed in an accident. After Tony came out of prison he went straight. He never acknowledged his & Doris' child but knows the boy is well cared for by his grandfather." (from The New Yorker); Inspiration for the film, The Ragman's Daughter, a 1972 British crime-drama / romantic film directed by Harold Becker starring Simon Rouse and Victoria Tennant.
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The Ragman's Daughter, Alan Sillitoe
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1970
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Alan Sillitoe
- Verlag
- Pan
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1970
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 175
- ISBN10
- 0330104659
- ISBN13
- 9780330104654
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Kurzgeschichten, Britische Literatur
- Bewertung
- 3,35 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Short story collection- the title story is about, "A young Englishman, now married, reminisces about his wild teen-age days. He stole for kicks. He met Doris, daughter of a prosperous scrap merchant, who became his partner in love and thievery. He was caught after they robbed a shoe shop one night. He spent 3 yrs. in prison. Doris was pregnant, she married a mechanic, & both were killed in an accident. After Tony came out of prison he went straight. He never acknowledged his & Doris' child but knows the boy is well cared for by his grandfather." (from The New Yorker); Inspiration for the film, The Ragman's Daughter, a 1972 British crime-drama / romantic film directed by Harold Becker starring Simon Rouse and Victoria Tennant.