The Blithedale Romance
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The Blithedale Romance is an 1852 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores idealism, social reform, and human psychology through the story of a utopian community loosely inspired by the Brook Farm experiment.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Blithedale Romance Context triple: [Nathaniel Hawthorne, notableWork, The Blithedale Romance]
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The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
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The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
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Pastoral Friends
Pastoral Friends are a branch of Quakerism characterized by programmed worship services, pastoral leadership, and more evangelical Christian theology compared to traditional unprogrammed Friends.
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E.
The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Blithedale Romance Target entity description: The Blithedale Romance is an 1852 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne that explores idealism, social reform, and human psychology through the story of a utopian community loosely inspired by the Brook Farm experiment.
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A.
The Awakening Conscience
The Awakening Conscience is an 1853 oil painting by William Holman Hunt that exemplifies Pre-Raphaelite moral realism, depicting a kept woman’s sudden moment of spiritual and moral realization.
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B.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is Henry David Thoreau’s reflective travel narrative that blends natural observation, philosophy, and personal memoir based on a boating trip he took with his brother.
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C.
The Grass Harp
The Grass Harp is a 1951 novella by Truman Capote that tells a lyrical, bittersweet coming-of-age story about misfits who retreat to a treehouse, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere with themes of individuality and belonging.
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D.
Pastoral Friends
Pastoral Friends are a branch of Quakerism characterized by programmed worship services, pastoral leadership, and more evangelical Christian theology compared to traditional unprogrammed Friends.
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E.
The Lady of the Aroostook
The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Marble Faun ⓘ |
| follows | The House of the Seven Gables ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
mixed contemporary reviews
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significant later critical attention ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chapter I: Old Moodie
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Chapter II: Blithedale ⓘ Chapter III: A Knot of Dreamers ⓘ Chapter IV: The Supper-Table ⓘ Chapter IX: Hollingsworth, Zenobia, and Priscilla ⓘ Chapter V: Until Bedtime ⓘ Chapter VI: Coverdale’s Sick-Chamber ⓘ Chapter VII: The Convalescent ⓘ Chapter VIII: A Modern Arcadia ⓘ Chapter X: Eliot’s Pulpit ⓘ Chapter XI: The Wood-Path ⓘ Chapter XII: Coverdale’s Hermitage ⓘ Chapter XIII: Zenobia’s Legend ⓘ Chapter XIV: Eliot’s Pulpit (Second Visit) ⓘ Chapter XIX: Zenobia’s Drawing-Room ⓘ Chapter XV: A Crisis ⓘ Chapter XVI: Leave-Takings ⓘ Chapter XVII: The Hotel ⓘ Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House ⓘ Chapter XX: They Vanish ⓘ Chapter XXI: An Old Acquaintance ⓘ Chapter XXII: Fauntleroy ⓘ Chapter XXIII: A Village Hall ⓘ Chapter XXIV: The Masqueraders ⓘ Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale’s Confession ⓘ Chapter XXV: The Three Together ⓘ Chapter XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale ⓘ Chapter XXVII: Midnight ⓘ Chapter XXVIII: Blithedale Pasture ⓘ Chapter XXX: Conclusion ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Brook Farm ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Hollingsworth
ⓘ
Miles Coverdale ⓘ Priscilla ⓘ Professor Westervelt ⓘ Zenobia ⓘ |
| narrator |
Myles Coverdale
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surface form:
Miles Coverdale
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| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Nathaniel Hawthorne’s major novels ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| publicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Ticknor, Reed & Fields
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surface form:
Ticknor, Reed and Fields
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| setting | utopian community ⓘ |
| structure | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
communal living
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disillusionment ⓘ gender roles ⓘ human psychology ⓘ idealism ⓘ individualism ⓘ social reform ⓘ utopianism ⓘ |
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