The Last September
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The Last September is a 1929 novel by Elizabeth Bowen that portrays the decline of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy during the Irish War of Independence.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Last September canonical | 5 |
| The Last September (1999 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13409179 — 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 Last September Context triple: [Elizabeth Bowen, notableWork, The Last September]
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A.
Pale September
"Pale September" is a melancholic, piano-driven song by Fiona Apple from her debut album "Tidal," noted for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal delivery.
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B.
The Last Joy
The Last Joy is a novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun that explores themes of isolation, aging, and the search for meaning in later life.
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C.
The End of August
The End of August is a film adaptation of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, exploring a woman’s struggle for independence and self-discovery in a restrictive society.
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D.
Two Weeks in September
Two Weeks in September is a 1967 romantic drama film starring Brigitte Bardot as a young woman torn between her comfortable marriage and a passionate new affair.
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E.
Poppies in July
"Poppies in July" is a stark, hallucinatory poem by Sylvia Plath that appears in her collection *Ariel*, exploring themes of pain, numbness, and emotional disintegration.
- 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 Last September Target entity description: The Last September is a 1929 novel by Elizabeth Bowen that portrays the decline of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy during the Irish War of Independence.
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A.
Pale September
"Pale September" is a melancholic, piano-driven song by Fiona Apple from her debut album "Tidal," noted for its introspective lyrics and emotive vocal delivery.
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B.
The Last Joy
The Last Joy is a novel by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun that explores themes of isolation, aging, and the search for meaning in later life.
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C.
The End of August
The End of August is a film adaptation of Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening, exploring a woman’s struggle for independence and self-discovery in a restrictive society.
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D.
Two Weeks in September
Two Weeks in September is a 1967 romantic drama film starring Brigitte Bardot as a young woman torn between her comfortable marriage and a passionate new affair.
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E.
Poppies in July
"Poppies in July" is a stark, hallucinatory poem by Sylvia Plath that appears in her collection *Ariel*, exploring themes of pain, numbness, and emotional disintegration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Bowen ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Last September ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| depicts |
Anglo-Irish landed gentry
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British military presence in Ireland ⓘ Irish republican insurgency ⓘ |
| director | Deborah Warner ⓘ |
| examines |
end of the Big House culture in Ireland
ⓘ
tensions between colonizer and colonized in Ireland ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
Anglo-Irish Big House novel
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ novel of manners ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Last September (1999 film)
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linked to:
The Last September
|
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Anglo-Irish relations
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linked to:
British–Irish relations
Irish War of Independence in fiction ⓘ class and privilege ⓘ youth and coming of age ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work in Anglo-Irish literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Francis
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Gerald Lesworth ⓘ Hugo Montmorency ⓘ Lady Myra Naylor ⓘ Lois Farquar ⓘ Sir Richard Naylor ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
decline of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy
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identity and belonging ⓘ political violence ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
evocation of atmosphere and landscape in County Cork
ⓘ
subtle psychological characterization ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 300 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1929 ⓘ |
| publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ |
| screenwriter | John Banville ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Ireland ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Irish War of Independence ⓘ |
| settingRegion | County Cork ⓘ |
| settingStartYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfNarrative | late summer to early autumn ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | the final autumn before the destruction of the Big House ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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