The Pregnant Widow
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The Pregnant Widow is a darkly comic novel by Martin Amis that explores sexual politics, aging, and the aftermath of the 1960s sexual revolution through a group of friends on an Italian holiday.
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| The Pregnant Widow canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7674903 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pregnant Widow Context triple: [Martin Amis, notableWork, The Pregnant Widow]
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A.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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B.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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C.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
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D.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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E.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
- 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: The Pregnant Widow Target entity description: The Pregnant Widow is a darkly comic novel by Martin Amis that explores sexual politics, aging, and the aftermath of the 1960s sexual revolution through a group of friends on an Italian holiday.
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A.
The Widow
The Widow is a British television drama-thriller series starring Kate Beckinsale as a woman who travels to the Congo after discovering clues that suggest her presumed-dead husband may still be alive.
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B.
The Widow
"The Widow" is a humorous sketch or tale within Washington Irving's 1822 collection *Bracebridge Hall*, depicting the social life and character studies of English country gentry.
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C.
The Widow and Her Son
"The Widow and Her Son" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that portrays the quiet dignity and sorrow of a poor widow devoted to her only child.
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D.
The Unsuspecting Wife
"The Unsuspecting Wife" is a 1945 mystery novel by American author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, known for its tense psychological suspense and domestic crime plot.
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E.
Three Women
Three Women is a 1921 Cubist-inspired painting by Fernand Léger that depicts three stylized female figures in a bold, mechanized, and brightly colored composition emblematic of his “machine aesthetic.”
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Martin Amis ⓘ |
| character |
Gloria Beautyman
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Keith Nearing ⓘ Lily ⓘ Rita ⓘ Schellen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Tracy Worrall ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
consequences of the sexual revolution on later life
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cultural change in the late 20th century ⓘ tension between feminist ideals and male desire ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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dark comedy ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasDedication | dedicated to Martin Amis's sister Sally Amis ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780224062994 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
body image
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literary allusions ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | frame narrative with retrospective viewpoint ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
intertextual references
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satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aftermath of the 1960s sexual revolution
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aging ⓘ sexual politics ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
autobiographical echoes of Martin Amis's life
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extended reflections on the sexual revolution ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| pageCount | 480 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | later work of Martin Amis ⓘ |
| protagonist | Keith Nearing ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Italy ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 1970 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
gender relations
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memory and retrospection ⓘ middle age ⓘ sexual liberation ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | phrase referring to a transitional state between old and new orders ⓘ |
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