The Well of Lost Plots
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The Well of Lost Plots is a comic fantasy novel in Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, set inside an imaginative metafictional realm where unfinished and experimental stories reside.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Well of Lost Plots canonical | 3 |
| The Well of Lost Plots (fictional realm) | 1 |
| The Well of Lost Plots (sub-basement of BookWorld) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Well of Lost Plots Context triple: [Jasper Fforde, notableWork, The Well of Lost Plots]
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A.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.
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B.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
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C.
The Incomparable Palace
The Incomparable Palace is the English rendering of the name of El Badi Palace, a grand ruined royal complex in Marrakesh built by the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in the late 16th century.
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D.
The Log of the Snark
The Log of the Snark is a travel narrative by Bessie Maddern London recounting the around-the-world voyage she undertook with her husband, writer Jack London, aboard their small yacht, the Snark.
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E.
Laughing Matter
Laughing Matter is a studio album by the American experimental rock band Wand, noted for its atmospheric sound and introspective songwriting.
- 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 Well of Lost Plots Target entity description: The Well of Lost Plots is a comic fantasy novel in Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, set inside an imaginative metafictional realm where unfinished and experimental stories reside.
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A.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a comic science fiction detective novel by Douglas Adams that follows the eccentric "holistic detective" Dirk Gently as he solves mysteries through the interconnectedness of all things.
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B.
A Cock and Bull Story
A Cock and Bull Story is a 2005 British metafictional comedy film, loosely adapting Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristram Shandy and playfully blurring the lines between filmmaking and reality.
-
C.
The Incomparable Palace
The Incomparable Palace is the English rendering of the name of El Badi Palace, a grand ruined royal complex in Marrakesh built by the Saadian sultan Ahmad al-Mansur in the late 16th century.
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D.
The Log of the Snark
The Log of the Snark is a travel narrative by Bessie Maddern London recounting the around-the-world voyage she undertook with her husband, writer Jack London, aboard their small yacht, the Snark.
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E.
Laughing Matter
Laughing Matter is a studio album by the American experimental rock band Wand, noted for its atmospheric sound and introspective songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafictional novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author | Jasper Fforde ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
intertextuality
ⓘ
nature of fiction ⓘ story construction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresConcept |
experimental stories
ⓘ
fictional characters living inside books ⓘ unfinished stories ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization | Jurisfiction ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Something Rotten
ⓘ
linked to:
Something Rotten!
|
| genre |
comic fantasy
ⓘ
fantasy fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
2003 novels
ⓘ
British novels ⓘ comic fantasy novels ⓘ metafictional works ⓘ |
| hasFictionalPlace |
Character Exchange Program
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Text Sea ⓘ The Well of Lost Plots (sub-basement of BookWorld) ⓘ
linked to:
The Well of Lost Plots
|
| hasFictionalTechnology | UltraWord ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-340-82073-7 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 384 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
humorous
ⓘ
parodic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thursday Next ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| partOf | Thursday Next series ⓘ |
| precededBy | Lost in a Good Book ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | literary detective ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | Jurisfiction apprentice ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
ⓘ
Viking Press ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| series | Thursday Next ⓘ |
| setting |
BookWorld
ⓘ
The Well of Lost Plots (fictional realm) ⓘ
linked to:
The Well of Lost Plots
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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Subject: The Well of Lost Plots Description of subject: The Well of Lost Plots is a comic fantasy novel in Jasper Fforde’s Thursday Next series, set inside an imaginative metafictional realm where unfinished and experimental stories reside.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Well of Lost Plots
linked to: The Well of Lost Plots