The Resource Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
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The item Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Culver-Union Township Public Library.
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- Summary
- Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Alias Grace
- Title
- Alias Grace
- Statement of responsibility
- Margaret Atwood
- Subject
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- trueBooks to TV
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Homicide -- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueHousekeepers
- trueIrish Canadians
- trueLiterary fiction
- Marks, Grace, 1826- -- Fiction
- trueMarks, Grace, b. 1826
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Murder -- Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueMurder -- History -- 19th century
- truePsychological fiction
- Trials (Homicide) -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- Canada -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
- Women murderers -- Canada -- Fiction
- trueWomen prisoners
- true1840s -- 1840 -- 1849
- trueCanada -- History -- 19th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872
- Summary
- Takes readers into the life and mind of Grace Marks, one of the most notorious women of the 1840s, who is serving a life sentence for murders she claims she cannot remember
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 1998.
- Booklist Editors' Choice, 1996.
- Giller Prize, 1996.
- Library Journal Best Books, 1996.
- New York Times Notable Book, 1997
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 013455
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Atwood, Margaret
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9199.3.A8
- LC item number
- A79 1996
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Marks, Grace
- Murder
- Women murderers
- Trials (Murder)
- Homicide
- Trials (Homicide)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20209136
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 468 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385475716
- Lccn
- 96021689
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (InDan)45939
- D2371DF68B0F41C4988AC4FF7F356476
- (IMchF)fol03215747
- Label
- Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20209136
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 468 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385475716
- Lccn
- 96021689
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (InDan)45939
- D2371DF68B0F41C4988AC4FF7F356476
- (IMchF)fol03215747
Subject
- trueBooks to TV
- trueCanadian fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Homicide -- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueHousekeepers
- trueIrish Canadians
- trueLiterary fiction
- Marks, Grace, 1826- -- Fiction
- trueMarks, Grace, b. 1826
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Murder -- Canada -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueMurder -- History -- 19th century
- truePsychological fiction
- Trials (Homicide) -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- Canada -- Fiction
- trueWomen murderers
- Women murderers -- Canada -- Fiction
- trueWomen prisoners
- true1840s -- 1840 -- 1849
- trueCanada -- History -- 19th century
Genre
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueMultiple perspectives
- truePsychological fiction
- trueBooks to TV
- trueCanadian fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
Included in
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 1996
- trueScotiabank Giller Prize
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 1998
- trueClassic Historical Fiction
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 1997
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 1996
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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