Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"The Devil and Daniel Webster\" is a short story by Stephen Vincent Benét. This Faustian tale was inspired by Washington Irving's short story \"The Devil and Tom Walker.\" Benet's story centers on a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil and is defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the famous statesman, lawyer, and orator.The story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (October 24, 1936) and was later published in book form by Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. That same year, it won the O. Henry Award. The author also adapted it in 1938 into a folk opera with music by Douglas Stuart Moore, a fellow Yale University alumnus, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Benét and Dan Totheroh co-authored the film adaptation, which was later renamed All That Money Can Buy (RKO, 1941)."@en }
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- The_Devil_and_Daniel_Webster abstract "\"The Devil and Daniel Webster\" is a short story by Stephen Vincent Benét. This Faustian tale was inspired by Washington Irving's short story \"The Devil and Tom Walker.\" Benet's story centers on a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil and is defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the famous statesman, lawyer, and orator.The story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (October 24, 1936) and was later published in book form by Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. That same year, it won the O. Henry Award. The author also adapted it in 1938 into a folk opera with music by Douglas Stuart Moore, a fellow Yale University alumnus, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize. Benét and Dan Totheroh co-authored the film adaptation, which was later renamed All That Money Can Buy (RKO, 1941).".