Precious Bane
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Precious Bane is a 1924 rural English novel by Mary Webb that follows a disfigured young woman in Shropshire whose inner strength and capacity for love challenge the superstition and greed surrounding her.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Precious Bane canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7349790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Precious Bane Context triple: [Mary Webb, notableWork, Precious Bane]
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A.
The Pearl Sister
The Pearl Sister is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that follows one of the adopted D’Aplièse sisters as she uncovers her origins across continents and generations.
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B.
The Mistress
The Mistress is a collection of love poems by 17th-century English metaphysical poet Abraham Cowley, exploring themes of passion, desire, and romantic idealization.
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C.
The Mistress
The Mistress is the later female incarnation of the Doctor’s longtime Time Lord nemesis the Master in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women is a historical novel by Jamaican author Marlon James that follows an enslaved woman’s coming of age amid a violent slave revolt on a Jamaican sugar plantation.
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E.
House of Nyahbinghi
The House of Nyahbinghi is a Rastafari mansion known for its strict adherence to traditional African-centered spirituality, communal living, and ceremonial drumming and chanting.
- 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: Precious Bane Target entity description: Precious Bane is a 1924 rural English novel by Mary Webb that follows a disfigured young woman in Shropshire whose inner strength and capacity for love challenge the superstition and greed surrounding her.
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A.
The Pearl Sister
The Pearl Sister is a historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley that follows one of the adopted D’Aplièse sisters as she uncovers her origins across continents and generations.
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B.
The Mistress
The Mistress is a collection of love poems by 17th-century English metaphysical poet Abraham Cowley, exploring themes of passion, desire, and romantic idealization.
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C.
The Mistress
The Mistress is the later female incarnation of the Doctor’s longtime Time Lord nemesis the Master in the British science-fiction series Doctor Who.
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D.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women is a historical novel by Jamaican author Marlon James that follows an enslaved woman’s coming of age amid a violent slave revolt on a Jamaican sugar plantation.
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E.
House of Nyahbinghi
The House of Nyahbinghi is a Rastafari mansion known for its strict adherence to traditional African-centered spirituality, communal living, and ceremonial drumming and chanting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
Precious Bane (1957 BBC television adaptation)
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Precious Bane (1989 BBC television film) ⓘ |
| author | Mary Webb ⓘ |
| awarded |
Prix Femina Vie Heureuse
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linked to:
Prix Vie heureuse
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| awardYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| containsElement |
dialect speech
ⓘ
pastoral description ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
regional novel
ⓘ
romantic novel ⓘ rural novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Beguildy
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Gideon Sarn ⓘ Jancis Beguildy ⓘ Kester Woodseaves ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | rural English fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
love versus ambition
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rural superstition ⓘ witchcraft accusations ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim in early 20th century Britain ⓘ |
| hasReissue | multiple 20th-century paperback editions ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
depiction of women’s inner life in rural society
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sympathetic portrayal of physical disfigurement ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | ruralism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Prue Sarn ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Prue Sarn ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| protagonistPhysicalTrait | harelip ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Shropshire meres and mosses
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linked to:
Shropshire meres and mosses landscape
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| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Shropshire ⓘ |
| theme |
capacity for love
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greed ⓘ inner strength ⓘ redemption ⓘ rural life ⓘ superstition ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | early 19th century ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | English ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Precious Bane Description of subject: Precious Bane is a 1924 rural English novel by Mary Webb that follows a disfigured young woman in Shropshire whose inner strength and capacity for love challenge the superstition and greed surrounding her.
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