Edith’s Diary
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Edith’s Diary is a psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith that chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through the increasingly distorted entries in her diary.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edith’s Diary canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8801128 — 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: Edith’s Diary Context triple: [Patricia Highsmith, notableWork, Edith’s Diary]
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A.
The Diary of Frances Stevenson
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B.
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C.
A Diary of The Lady
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D.
The Bedford Diaries
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E.
Jenny of Oldstones
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- 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: Edith’s Diary Target entity description: Edith’s Diary is a psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith that chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through the increasingly distorted entries in her diary.
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A.
The Diary of Frances Stevenson
The Diary of Frances Stevenson is the published journal of David Lloyd George’s longtime private secretary and companion, offering an intimate, first-hand account of British political life during the early 20th century.
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B.
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is an 1882 oil painting by John Singer Sargent that portrays the four young daughters of a wealthy American family in a strikingly unconventional, psychologically complex interior scene.
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C.
A Diary of The Lady
A Diary of The Lady is a humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir by British writer and journalist Rachel Johnson about her time editing the historic magazine The Lady.
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D.
The Bedford Diaries
The Bedford Diaries is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana that follows the lives and relationships of college students enrolled in a provocative human sexuality seminar.
-
E.
Jenny of Oldstones
"Jenny of Oldstones" is a haunting, melancholic song from the Game of Thrones universe, associated with the tragic character Jenny and popularized in the television series' eighth season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Hans W. Geißendörfer ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | German ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Patricia Highsmith ⓘ |
| centralDevice | diary ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception |
considered one of Patricia Highsmith’s darker works
ⓘ
praised for its psychological depth ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Ediths Tagebuch (film) ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-8021-3500-5 ⓘ |
| hasMedium |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Edith’s Diary ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Edith Howland ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | unreliable narration through diary entries ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through increasingly distorted diary entries. ⓘ |
| publisher |
Heinemann
ⓘ
linked to:
Heinemann publishing group
|
| setting |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| settingPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
family dynamics
ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ suburban life ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
domestic life ⓘ feminine roles ⓘ identity ⓘ mental disintegration ⓘ self-deception ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| workOf | Patricia Highsmith ⓘ |
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Subject: Edith’s Diary Description of subject: Edith’s Diary is a psychological novel by Patricia Highsmith that chronicles a woman’s gradual mental disintegration through the increasingly distorted entries in her diary.
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