The Wild Ass's Skin
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The Wild Ass's Skin is an 1831 philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and self-destruction through a magical shrinking talisman that grants wishes at the cost of the owner's life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Donkey Skin | 1 |
| The Wild Ass's Skin canonical | 1 |
| The Wild Ass’s Skin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: The Wild Ass's Skin Context triple: [La Peau de chagrin, alternateTitle, The Wild Ass's Skin]
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The Eloquent Peasant
The Eloquent Peasant is an ancient Egyptian literary tale in which a wronged peasant delivers a series of eloquent speeches on justice and morality, making it one of the earliest known works of rhetorical and ethical literature.
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The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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The Horse’s Mouth
The Horse’s Mouth is a 1958 British comedy film, based on Joyce Cary’s novel, about an eccentric painter obsessed with his art, featuring a notable performance by Michael Gough.
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El Farsante
"El Farsante" is a popular Latin urban song by Puerto Rican singer Ozuna, known for its romantic reggaeton style and widespread success across Spanish-speaking markets.
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De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Wild Ass's Skin Target entity description: The Wild Ass's Skin is an 1831 philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and self-destruction through a magical shrinking talisman that grants wishes at the cost of the owner's life.
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A.
The Eloquent Peasant
The Eloquent Peasant is an ancient Egyptian literary tale in which a wronged peasant delivers a series of eloquent speeches on justice and morality, making it one of the earliest known works of rhetorical and ethical literature.
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B.
The Hireling Shepherd
The Hireling Shepherd is an 1851 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’s vivid detail, moral symbolism, and intense naturalism in a rural English setting.
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C.
The Horse’s Mouth
The Horse’s Mouth is a 1958 British comedy film, based on Joyce Cary’s novel, about an eccentric painter obsessed with his art, featuring a notable performance by Michael Gough.
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D.
El Farsante
"El Farsante" is a popular Latin urban song by Puerto Rican singer Ozuna, known for its romantic reggaeton style and widespread success across Spanish-speaking markets.
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E.
De voluptate
De voluptate is a 15th-century philosophical dialogue by Lorenzo Valla that critiques medieval scholasticism and defends an Epicurean-influenced view of pleasure as central to the good life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
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fantastic literature ⓘ novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| centralObject |
magical talisman
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wild ass's skin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
the cost of fulfilled wishes
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the relationship between materialism and mortality ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy fiction
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philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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theatrical adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Antoine
ⓘ
Foedora ⓘ Jonathan ⓘ Pauline ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Études philosophiques
ⓘ
surface form:
Études philosophiques section of La Comédie humaine
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| influencedBy | romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Raphaël de Valentin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
combining realism with the fantastic
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early major success of Balzac ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Peau de chagrin ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| plotDevice | talisman that grants wishes at the cost of the owner's life ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| publisher | Charpentier ⓘ |
| seriesPosition | Études philosophiques ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
consumption and excess
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desire ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ power ⓘ self-destruction ⓘ the relationship between desire and lifespan ⓘ the will to live ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | one of Balzac's first widely acclaimed novels ⓘ |
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