The Death of the Heart
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The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen that explores adolescent innocence, emotional betrayal, and the complexities of upper-middle-class life in interwar London.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Death of the Heart canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409177 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of the Heart Context triple: [Elizabeth Bowen, notableWork, The Death of the Heart]
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A.
The Giant Heart
The Giant Heart is a massive walk-through model of the human heart that serves as one of the most iconic and educational attractions at The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia.
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B.
The Heart That Bleeds
The Heart That Bleeds is a nonfiction book by journalist Alma Guillermoprieto that offers vivid, on-the-ground reportage and analysis of political and social upheavals across Latin America.
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C.
The Fragile Heart
The Fragile Heart is a British television drama series featuring Nigel Hawthorne as a brilliant but morally conflicted heart surgeon facing personal and professional crises.
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D.
The Astonished Heart
The Astonished Heart is a 1949 British drama film, adapted from Noël Coward’s play, about a psychiatrist’s obsessive love affair that leads to emotional collapse.
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E.
Heart of Stone
"Heart of Stone" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Death of the Heart Target entity description: The Death of the Heart is a 1938 novel by Elizabeth Bowen that explores adolescent innocence, emotional betrayal, and the complexities of upper-middle-class life in interwar London.
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A.
The Giant Heart
The Giant Heart is a massive walk-through model of the human heart that serves as one of the most iconic and educational attractions at The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia.
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B.
The Heart That Bleeds
The Heart That Bleeds is a nonfiction book by journalist Alma Guillermoprieto that offers vivid, on-the-ground reportage and analysis of political and social upheavals across Latin America.
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C.
The Fragile Heart
The Fragile Heart is a British television drama series featuring Nigel Hawthorne as a brilliant but morally conflicted heart surgeon facing personal and professional crises.
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D.
The Astonished Heart
The Astonished Heart is a 1949 British drama film, adapted from Noël Coward’s play, about a psychiatrist’s obsessive love affair that leads to emotional collapse.
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E.
Heart of Stone
"Heart of Stone" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | television ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1980s ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Bowen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Heat of the Day ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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modernist novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | television film ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385720175 ⓘ |
| hasMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 400 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasStructure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
class consciousness
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coming of age of a young girl ⓘ emotional repression ⓘ family relationships ⓘ illegitimacy ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
depiction of interwar London society
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detailed psychological characterization ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anna Quayne
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Eddie ⓘ Portia Quayne ⓘ Thomas Quayne ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Elizabeth Bowen novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| precededBy | The House in Paris ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1938 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1930s ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescent innocence
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disillusionment ⓘ emotional betrayal ⓘ loneliness ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ upper-middle-class life ⓘ |
| titleCharacterAge | 16 ⓘ |
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