Le Père Goriot
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Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Père Goriot canonical | 20 |
| Goriot | 4 |
| Père Goriot | 3 |
| Le Père Goriot (1835) | 1 |
| Old Goriot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Le Père Goriot Context triple: [Honoré de Balzac, notableWork, Le Père Goriot]
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La Grenouillère
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Le Bonheur
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Zadig
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Le Siècle
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The Aspern Papers
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Le Père Goriot Target entity description: Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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A.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
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B.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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C.
Zadig
Zadig is a philosophical novella by Voltaire that follows the trials of a wise and virtuous Babylonian man to satirize society, religion, and the nature of fate.
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D.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
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novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
ambition
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corruption of society ⓘ family relationships ⓘ paternal sacrifice ⓘ social climbing ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Baron de Nucingen
ⓘ
Bianchon ⓘ Anastasie de Restaud ⓘ
surface form:
Count de Restaud
Madame Vauquer ⓘ Mademoiselle Michonneau ⓘ Poiret ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | boarding house life in Paris ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between personal ambition and moral values
ⓘ
effects of money on human relationships ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| firstPublished | Revue de Paris ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological novel
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social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
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stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
key work in Balzac's La Comédie humaine
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major work of 19th-century French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Anastasie de Restaud
ⓘ
Delphine de Nucingen ⓘ Eugène de Rastignac ⓘ Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ Vautrin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of Parisian society
ⓘ
interconnected characters within La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Père Goriot self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| protagonist | Eugène de Rastignac ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1835 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | France ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| structure | divided into parts and chapters ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Restoration France ⓘ |
| titleCharacter | Jean-Joachim Goriot ⓘ |
| workInSeries | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Père Goriot Description of subject: Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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