Washington, D.C. (novel)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.
Find sources: "Washington, D.C." novel – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2024)

Washington, D.C.
Cover of the first edition
Author	Gore Vidal
Language	English
Series	Narratives of Empire
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Little, Brown
Publication date	1967
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	432
ISBN	0-375-70877-4
OCLC	49559031
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3543.I26 W3 2000
Preceded by	Hollywood
Followed by	The Golden Age

Washington, D.C. is a 1967 novel by Gore Vidal. The sixth novel in his Narratives of Empire series of historical novels (although the first one published), it begins in 1937 and continues into the Cold War, tracing the families of Senator James Burden Day and influential newspaper publisher Blaise Sanford.

This book is the least historical and most novelistic of any of the seven books. The seventh book in the series, The Golden Age, takes place during nearly the same span of years with many of the same characters and needed to be written around the events of Washington, D.C.

The novel is written in the third person and is inspired by the novels of Henry James.^[1]

References

^ Clarke, Gerald (6 December 1974). "Gore Vidal, The Art of Fiction No. 50 (Interview)". The Paris Review. Vol. Fall 1974, no. 59. The Paris Review Foundation.

v t e American Chronicle series by Gore Vidal also known as Narratives of Empire
Burr Lincoln 1876 Empire Hollywood Washington, D.C. The Golden Age

v t e Gore Vidal
Plays	Visit to a Small Planet (1957) The Best Man (1960) Romulus On the March to the Sea Weekend (1968) An Evening with Richard Nixon (1972)
Novels	Williwaw (1946) In a Yellow Wood The City and the Pillar (1948) The Season of Comfort A Search for the King Dark Green, Bright Red (1950) The Judgment of Paris Messiah (1954) Julian (1964) Washington, D.C. (1967) Myra Breckinridge (1968) Two Sisters (1970) Burr (1973) Myron (1974) 1876 (1976) Kalki (1978) Creation (1981) Duluth (1983) Lincoln (1984) Empire (1987) Hollywood (1990) Live from Golgotha: The Gospel According to Gore Vidal (1992) The Smithsonian Institution (1998) The Golden Age (2000)
Screenplays	The Catered Affair (1956) I Accuse! (1958) The Left Handed Gun (1958) The Scapegoat (1959) Ben Hur (1959) (uncredited) Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) The Best Man (1964) Is Paris Burning? (1966) Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970) Caligula (1979) Dress Gray (1986) The Sicilian (1987) (uncredited) Billy the Kid (1989) The Palermo Connection (1989)
Teleplays	The Telltale Clue Danger Climax! Suspense The Best of Broadway Goodyear Television Playhouse Studio One NBC Matinee Theater General Electric Theater NBC Sunday Showcase Ford Startime
People	Eugene Luther Vidal (father) Nina Auchincloss Straight (half-sister) Burr Steers (nephew) Hugh Auchincloss Steers (nephew)

This article about a historical novel of the 1960s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page.

This article about a Cold War novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: