The French Lieutenant's Woman
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The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical novel by John Fowles that subverts Victorian romance conventions through its metafictional narrative and multiple endings.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The French Lieutenant's Woman canonical | 7 |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman (film) | 1 |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman (screenplay) | 1 |
| The French Lieutenant’s Woman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2569321 — 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 French Lieutenant's Woman Context triple: [Time 100 best English-language novels list, hasWork, The French Lieutenant's Woman]
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A.
Brideshead Revisited
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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B.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
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C.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
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D.
A Stop at Willoughby
"A Stop at Willoughby" is a classic 1960 episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its poignant story of an overworked executive who longs for escape in the form of an idyllic, possibly illusory small town.
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E.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
- 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 French Lieutenant's Woman Target entity description: The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical novel by John Fowles that subverts Victorian romance conventions through its metafictional narrative and multiple endings.
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A.
Brideshead Revisited
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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B.
The Pleasure of His Company
The Pleasure of His Company is a 1961 romantic comedy film featuring Fred Astaire as a charming, sophisticated playboy who returns to reconnect with his estranged daughter on the eve of her wedding.
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C.
The Aspern Papers
The Aspern Papers is a novella by Henry James that explores themes of literary obsession, secrecy, and moral ambiguity through a scholar’s attempt to obtain the private papers of a deceased poet from his reclusive former lover.
-
D.
A Stop at Willoughby
"A Stop at Willoughby" is a classic 1960 episode of the anthology series The Twilight Zone, known for its poignant story of an overworked executive who longs for escape in the form of an idyllic, possibly illusory small town.
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E.
Wings of a Dove
"Wings of a Dove" is a popular 1983 ska single by the British band Culture Club, known for its upbeat, gospel-influenced sound and celebratory lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The French Lieutenant's Woman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)
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| author | John Fowles ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Karel Reisz ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLeadActor |
Jeremy Irons
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Meryl Streep ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationScreenwriter | Harold Pinter ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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metafiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ romantic novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780099478331 ⓘ |
| languageStyle | pastiching Victorian prose ⓘ |
| literaryAward |
WH Smith Literary Award
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surface form:
W.H. Smith Literary Award
|
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charles Smithson
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Ernestina Freeman ⓘ Sarah Woodruff ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
authorial intrusion
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metafiction ⓘ multiple endings ⓘ |
| notableFor |
multiple possible endings
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subverting Victorian romance conventions ⓘ use of an intrusive, self-conscious narrator ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 467 ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | a woman known as the French lieutenant's woman ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Lyme Regis ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| structureFeature |
alternative endings
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nonlinear narrative elements ⓘ |
| theme |
Victorian social conventions
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class and social status ⓘ freedom and determinism ⓘ gender roles ⓘ the nature of authorship ⓘ the relationship between fiction and reality ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (screenplay)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
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adaptation
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)
this entity surface form:
The French Lieutenant’s Woman