Brideshead Revisited
E150422
Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Brideshead Revisited canonical | 20 |
| Brideshead Revisited (novel) | 5 |
| Brideshead Revisited universe | 2 |
| Book Two: Brideshead Deserted | 1 |
| Brideshead | 1 |
| Brideshead Revisited (1945 novel) | 1 |
| Lord Sebastian Flyte | 1 |
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Target entity: Brideshead Revisited Context triple: [Evelyn Waugh, notableWork, Brideshead Revisited]
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Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British drama film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, about a devoted but emotionally repressed butler reflecting on duty, regret, and missed opportunities in pre- and post–World War II England.
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A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume cycle of novels that traces the intertwined lives of a group of English characters across several decades of the 20th century.
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A Room with a View
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romantic drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that follows a young woman’s awakening to love and independence during a trip to Italy and subsequent return to Edwardian England.
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E.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brideshead Revisited Target entity description: Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
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A.
Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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B.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day is a 1993 British drama film, based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, about a devoted but emotionally repressed butler reflecting on duty, regret, and missed opportunities in pre- and post–World War II England.
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C.
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume cycle of novels that traces the intertwined lives of a group of English characters across several decades of the 20th century.
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D.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romantic drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that follows a young woman’s awakening to love and independence during a trip to Italy and subsequent return to Edwardian England.
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E.
Atonement
Atonement is the Christian theological concept describing how Jesus Christ’s life, death, and resurrection reconcile humanity with God and address the problem of sin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British novel
ⓘ
Catholic novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Brideshead Revisited (TV, 1981)
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surface form:
Brideshead Revisited (1981 television serial)
film "Brideshead Revisited" (2008) ⓘ
surface form:
Brideshead Revisited (2008 film)
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| author | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
Roman Catholicism
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addiction ⓘ decline of the British aristocracy ⓘ faith ⓘ grace ⓘ homosocial relationships ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| firstAdaptationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel of manners ⓘ religious fiction ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | depictions of English Catholic aristocracy in fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book One: Et in Arcadia Ego
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Book Three: A Twitch upon the Thread ⓘ Brideshead Revisited self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Book Two: Brideshead Deserted
|
| hasSetting |
Brideshead Castle
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surface form:
Brideshead Castle (fictional country house)
England ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford University
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Catholic literary revival ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Brideshead family
ⓘ
Charles Ryder ⓘ Cordelia Flyte ⓘ Julia Flyte ⓘ Lady Marchmain ⓘ Lord Marchmain ⓘ Sebastian Flyte ⓘ |
| narrator | Charles Ryder ⓘ |
| notablePublisher |
Chapman and Hall
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surface form:
Chapman & Hall
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| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Chapman and Hall
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surface form:
Chapman & Hall
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| settingPeriod |
World War II
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interwar period ⓘ |
| structure |
first-person narrative
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frame narrative ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfEvents |
1920s
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1930s ⓘ early 1940s ⓘ |
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