Children of Violence series
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The Children of Violence series is a semi-autobiographical sequence of novels by Doris Lessing that follows protagonist Martha Quest’s coming-of-age and political awakening against the backdrop of colonial Africa and mid-20th-century social upheaval.
All labels observed (1)
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| Children of Violence series canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Children of Violence series Context triple: [Doris Lessing, notableWork, Children of Violence series]
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A.
Aftermath trilogy
The Aftermath trilogy is a series of canon Star Wars novels by Chuck Wendig that chronicles the turbulent events following Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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The Violent Ones
The Violent Ones is a crime novel by E. Howard Hunt that reflects his hardboiled, politically tinged storytelling style.
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C.
Una vita violenta
Una vita violenta is a 1959 Italian novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of Roman slum youth in the postwar period.
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D.
Hector Cross series
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
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Born series
The Born series is a perturbative expansion in quantum scattering theory that expresses the scattering amplitude as an infinite series of successive interaction terms.
- 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: Children of Violence series Target entity description: The Children of Violence series is a semi-autobiographical sequence of novels by Doris Lessing that follows protagonist Martha Quest’s coming-of-age and political awakening against the backdrop of colonial Africa and mid-20th-century social upheaval.
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A.
Aftermath trilogy
The Aftermath trilogy is a series of canon Star Wars novels by Chuck Wendig that chronicles the turbulent events following Return of the Jedi and the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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B.
The Violent Ones
The Violent Ones is a crime novel by E. Howard Hunt that reflects his hardboiled, politically tinged storytelling style.
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C.
Una vita violenta
Una vita violenta is a 1959 Italian novel by Pier Paolo Pasolini that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of Roman slum youth in the postwar period.
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D.
Hector Cross series
The Hector Cross series is a set of contemporary action-thriller novels by Wilbur Smith featuring ex-SAS operative and security specialist Hector Cross in high-stakes, international adventures.
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E.
Born series
The Born series is a perturbative expansion in quantum scattering theory that expresses the scattering amplitude as an infinite series of successive interaction terms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel series ⓘ |
| author | Doris Lessing ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between personal freedom and social expectations
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psychological development of Martha Quest ⓘ social and political change in the 20th century ⓘ |
| follows |
Martha Quest’s coming-of-age
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Martha Quest’s political awakening ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
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political fiction ⓘ semi-autobiographical fiction ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfVolumes | 5 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Proper Marriage
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A Ripple from the Storm ⓘ Landlocked ⓘ Martha Quest ⓘ The Four-Gated City ⓘ |
| hasSemiAutobiographicalBasis | true ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Doris Lessing’s life in Southern Rhodesia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
feminist literature
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postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martha Quest ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries | The Four-Gated City ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodEnd | 1969 ⓘ |
| publicationPeriodStart | 1952 ⓘ |
| publisher | Michael Joseph ⓘ |
| setting |
colonial Africa
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mid-20th-century society ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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gender roles ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ political radicalization ⓘ race relations ⓘ war and social upheaval ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
Second World War
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linked to:
World War II
interwar period ⓘ post-Second World War era ⓘ |
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