A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure"
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"A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'" is the 18th-century erotic novel commonly known as "Fanny Hill," which became the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case.
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| A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19135716 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" Context triple: [Memoirs v. Massachusetts, petitioner, A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure"]
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A.
The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary is a famous section of Søren Kierkegaard’s work Either/Or that presents, in literary form, the manipulative love affair of the aesthete Johannes as an exploration of seduction, ethics, and existential choice.
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B.
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson that tells the story of a young maidservant whose steadfast defense of her virtue against her wealthy master leads to her eventual social rise.
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C.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
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D.
Pamela, a Love Story
"Pamela, a Love Story" is a 2023 Netflix documentary film that offers an intimate, first-person look at Pamela Anderson’s life, career, and public image.
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E.
Mémoires de Mademoiselle d’Éon
Mémoires de Mademoiselle d’Éon is an autobiographical work attributed to the 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and gender-nonconforming figure the Chevalier d’Éon, recounting their extraordinary life and experiences.
- 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: A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" Target entity description: "A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure'" is the 18th-century erotic novel commonly known as "Fanny Hill," which became the subject of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court obscenity case.
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A.
The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary is a famous section of Søren Kierkegaard’s work Either/Or that presents, in literary form, the manipulative love affair of the aesthete Johannes as an exploration of seduction, ethics, and existential choice.
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B.
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson that tells the story of a young maidservant whose steadfast defense of her virtue against her wealthy master leads to her eventual social rise.
-
C.
The Lady of Pleasure
The Lady of Pleasure is a Caroline-era comedy play by James Shirley that satirizes the excesses and moral corruption of the English aristocracy.
-
D.
Pamela, a Love Story
"Pamela, a Love Story" is a 2023 Netflix documentary film that offers an intimate, first-person look at Pamela Anderson’s life, career, and public image.
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E.
Mémoires de Mademoiselle d’Éon
Mémoires de Mademoiselle d’Éon is an autobiographical work attributed to the 18th-century French diplomat, soldier, and gender-nonconforming figure the Chevalier d’Éon, recounting their extraordinary life and experiences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Memoirs v. Massachusetts
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petitioner
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A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure"
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