Babylon Revisited
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"Babylon Revisited" is a 1931 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that poignantly explores themes of regret, loss, and the aftermath of the Jazz Age through the story of a reformed alcoholic seeking to reclaim his daughter in post–stock market crash Paris.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Babylon Revisited canonical | 3 |
| Babylon Revisited (1954 television adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Babylon Revisited Context triple: [The Last Time I Saw Paris, basedOn, Babylon Revisited]
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A.
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 Jazz Age novel that portrays the troubled marriage and moral decline of Anthony and Gloria Patch amid their pursuit of wealth and status.
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B.
Thin Man
Thin Man is a slender, humanoid alien infiltrator from the XCOM video game series known for disguising itself as a human and using poison-based attacks.
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C.
Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a dark, surreal Bob Dylan song known for its biting critique of clueless establishment figures and its haunting, piano-driven sound.
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D.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that portrays the glamorous yet tragic lives of an American psychiatrist and his wife on the French Riviera.
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E.
The Belle of New York
The Belle of New York is a 1952 Technicolor musical film starring Fred Astaire as a charming playboy whose pursuit of a devout Salvation Army worker leads to whimsical, dance-filled romance in turn-of-the-century New York City.
- 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: Babylon Revisited Target entity description: "Babylon Revisited" is a 1931 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that poignantly explores themes of regret, loss, and the aftermath of the Jazz Age through the story of a reformed alcoholic seeking to reclaim his daughter in post–stock market crash Paris.
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A.
The Beautiful and Damned
The Beautiful and Damned is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1922 Jazz Age novel that portrays the troubled marriage and moral decline of Anthony and Gloria Patch amid their pursuit of wealth and status.
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B.
Thin Man
Thin Man is a slender, humanoid alien infiltrator from the XCOM video game series known for disguising itself as a human and using poison-based attacks.
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C.
Ballad of a Thin Man
"Ballad of a Thin Man" is a dark, surreal Bob Dylan song known for its biting critique of clueless establishment figures and its haunting, piano-driven sound.
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D.
Tender Is the Night
Tender Is the Night is a 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that portrays the glamorous yet tragic lives of an American psychiatrist and his wife on the French Riviera.
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E.
The Belle of New York
The Belle of New York is a 1952 Technicolor musical film starring Fred Astaire as a charming playboy whose pursuit of a devout Salvation Army worker leads to whimsical, dance-filled romance in turn-of-the-century New York City.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Babylon Revisited (1954 television adaptation)
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linked to:
Babylon Revisited
Babylon Revisited (1960 film adaptation, also known as Paris After Midnight) ⓘ |
| author | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| collectedIn | Taps at Reveille ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| firstPublishedIn | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism | Babylon as a symbol of past decadence ⓘ |
| hasTitleOrigin | allusion to the biblical city of Babylon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Lost Generation ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest short stories ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charlie Wales
ⓘ
Honoria Wales ⓘ Lincoln Peters ⓘ Marion Peters ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| originalMedium | magazine publication ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A reformed alcoholic, Charlie Wales, returns to Paris hoping to regain custody of his daughter Honoria after the excesses of his Jazz Age past. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Charlie Wales ⓘ |
| publicationType | periodical fiction ⓘ |
| publisher | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Taps at Reveille
ⓘ
The Great Gatsby ⓘ |
| setInCity | Paris ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | post–1929 stock market crash era ⓘ |
| settingFeature | expatriate American community in Paris ⓘ |
| subject |
aftermath of the stock market crash of 1929
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custody and family conflict ⓘ effects of alcoholism ⓘ |
| theme |
consequences of the Jazz Age
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loss ⓘ parental responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ regret ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1930s ⓘ |
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Subject: Babylon Revisited Description of subject: "Babylon Revisited" is a 1931 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that poignantly explores themes of regret, loss, and the aftermath of the Jazz Age through the story of a reformed alcoholic seeking to reclaim his daughter in post–stock market crash Paris.
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linked to: Babylon Revisited