The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
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title:
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
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"The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner" is a short story by Alan Sillitoe, published in 1959 as part of a short story collection of the same title. The work focuses on Smith, a poor Nottingham teenager from a dismal home in a working class area, who has bleak prospects in life and few interests beyond petty crime. The boy experiences social alienation and turns to long-distance running as a method of both emotional and physical escape from his situation. The story was adapted for a 1962 fil
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Short story by Alan Sillitoe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliness_of_the_Long-Distance_Runner
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2005-01-25T11:26:11Z
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2024-09-01T02:20:30Z
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