The Red and the Black
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The Red and the Black is a classic 1830 novel by Stendhal that follows the ambitious Julien Sorel as he navigates post-Napoleonic French society, exploring themes of class, hypocrisy, and individual desire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Le Rouge et le Noir | 2 |
| The Red and the Black canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7826186 — 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: The Red and the Black Context triple: [French literature, hasNotableWork, The Red and the Black]
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A.
Les Rouge et Noir
Les Rouge et Noir is the popular nickname of Stade Toulousain, one of France’s most successful and historic rugby union clubs.
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Les Rouge et Noir
Les Rouge et Noir is the popular nickname of USM Alger, a prominent Algerian football club known for its red and black colors.
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C.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
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D.
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores religious fervor, sexuality, and guilt through the tragic story of a young priest torn between his faith and earthly desire.
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E.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
- 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 Red and the Black Target entity description: The Red and the Black is a classic 1830 novel by Stendhal that follows the ambitious Julien Sorel as he navigates post-Napoleonic French society, exploring themes of class, hypocrisy, and individual desire.
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A.
Les Rouge et Noir
Les Rouge et Noir is the popular nickname of Stade Toulousain, one of France’s most successful and historic rugby union clubs.
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B.
Les Rouge et Noir
Les Rouge et Noir is the popular nickname of USM Alger, a prominent Algerian football club known for its red and black colors.
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C.
Les Engagés
Les Engagés is a centrist, reformist political party in Belgium that emerged from the rebranding of the former Christian democratic party cdH.
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D.
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores religious fervor, sexuality, and guilt through the tragic story of a young priest torn between his faith and earthly desire.
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E.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Stendhal ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
individual ambition versus social constraints
ⓘ
sincerity versus hypocrisy ⓘ |
| character |
Julien Sorel
ⓘ
Madame de Rênal ⓘ Marquis de la Mole ⓘ Mathilde de la Mole ⓘ Monsieur de Rênal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
film adaptations
ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ television adaptations ⓘ |
| hasLoveAffair |
Julien Sorel and Madame de Rênal
ⓘ
linked to:
Julien Sorel
Julien Sorel and Mathilde de la Mole ⓘ
linked to:
Julien Sorel
|
| influenced | psychological fiction ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | classic of French literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Julien Sorel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of psychological analysis in the novel
ⓘ
portrayal of post-Napoleonic French society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Le Rouge et le Noir
ⓘ
linked to:
The Red and the Black
|
| part |
Book I
ⓘ
Book II ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1830 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Besançon
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ Verrières ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-Napoleonic France ⓘ |
| structure | two-part novel ⓘ |
| subtitle | Chronique du XIXe siècle ⓘ |
| theme |
ambition
ⓘ
class ⓘ individual desire ⓘ religion and politics ⓘ romantic love ⓘ social hypocrisy ⓘ social mobility ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | 1820s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Red and the Black Description of subject: The Red and the Black is a classic 1830 novel by Stendhal that follows the ambitious Julien Sorel as he navigates post-Napoleonic French society, exploring themes of class, hypocrisy, and individual desire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Red and the Black
linked to: The Red and the Black