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A Study Guide for Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature detective Philip Marlowe. The work has been adapted twice into film, once in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles, California and is noted for its complexity, with many characters double-crossing one another and many secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination in the final pages...
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Warner Home Video
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[2005]
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1 DVD (230 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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L.A. private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and follows a trail peopled by murderers, pornographers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich - just to name a few. Marlowe is hired to protect a young woman and in the process, he falls in love with the woman's older sister.
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 blu-ray (194 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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When Philip Marlowe takes on a search for an ex-convict's girlfriend and investigates the murder of a client, he finds himself in danger after discovering a connection between the two cases; private eye Philip Marlowe gets caught up in a twisted tale of blackmail and murder.
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