The Outsiders (novel)
1967 novel by S. E. Hinton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Outsiders is a coming-of-age novel by S.E. Hinton published in 1967 by Viking Press. The book details the conflict between two rival gangs of White Americans divided by their socioeconomic status: the working-class "Greasers" and the upper-middle-class "Socs" (pronounced /ˈsoʊʃɪz/—short for Socials). The story is told in first-person perspective by teenage protagonist Ponyboy Curtis, and takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965,[1] although this is never explicitly stated in the book.
Author | S. E. Hinton |
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Cover artist | Robert Hunt |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Publisher | Viking Press, Dell Publishing |
Publication date | April 24, 1967 |
Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback), Audiobook |
Pages | 192 |
ISBN | 0-670-53257-6 |
OCLC | 64396432 |
Followed by | That Was Then, This Is Now |
Hinton began writing the novel when she was 15 and wrote the bulk of it when she was 16 and a junior in high school.[2] She was 18 when the book was published.[1] She released the work using her initials rather than her feminine given names (Susan Eloise) so that her gender would not lead male book reviewers to dismiss the work.[3]
A film adaptation was produced in 1983 by Francis Ford Coppola, and a short-lived television series appeared in 1990, picking up where the movie left off. A dramatic stage adaptation was written by Christopher Sergel and published in 1990. A stage musical adaptation of the same name will premiere on Broadway in 2024.[4]