Lions and Shadows
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Lions and Shadows is an autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that blends memoir and fiction to depict his early life and literary development in 1920s England.
All labels observed (1)
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| Lions and Shadows canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2218090 — 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: Lions and Shadows Context triple: [Christopher Isherwood, notableWork, Lions and Shadows]
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A.
The Lion’s World
The Lion’s World is a theological and literary exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia stories by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
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B.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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C.
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American movie serial featuring John Wayne in an early starring role as a stunt pilot entangled in a mystery involving a skywriting criminal.
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D.
City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
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E.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
- 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: Lions and Shadows Target entity description: Lions and Shadows is an autobiographical novel by Christopher Isherwood that blends memoir and fiction to depict his early life and literary development in 1920s England.
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A.
The Lion’s World
The Lion’s World is a theological and literary exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia stories by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams.
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B.
Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy film, conceived as a spiritual successor to A Fish Called Wanda, featuring John Cleese and other members of that ensemble in a farcical story about a struggling zoo.
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C.
The Shadow of the Eagle
The Shadow of the Eagle is a 1932 American movie serial featuring John Wayne in an early starring role as a stunt pilot entangled in a mystery involving a skywriting criminal.
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D.
City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
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E.
Shadows on the Rock
Shadows on the Rock is a historical novel by Willa Cather set in 17th-century Quebec, exploring themes of faith, community, and cultural identity in the French colonial world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical novel
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book ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Isherwood ⓘ |
| blends |
fiction
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memoir ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Christopher Isherwood's early life
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Christopher Isherwood's literary development ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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bildungsroman ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | British ⓘ |
| hasCharacterBasedOn | Christopher Isherwood ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | perception of Isherwood's early life ⓘ |
| hasNotableForm | fictionalized autobiography ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | An Education in the Twenties ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Lions and Shadows ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | semi-autobiographical work ⓘ |
| isAbout |
1920s British society
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literary ambition ⓘ university education ⓘ youthful experimentation ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
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ironic ⓘ realist ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cambridge University life
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English literary circles ⓘ artistic development ⓘ friendship ⓘ youth ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Christopher Isherwood bibliography
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linked to:
Christopher Isherwood
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| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | England ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
intellectual formation
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self-discovery ⓘ social class in England ⓘ the making of a writer ⓘ |
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