Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession
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"Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession" is a pivotal late chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel *The Blithedale Romance*, in which the narrator reveals crucial personal truths and hidden motivations that reframe the story’s preceding events.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession Context triple: [Chapter XXX: Conclusion, follows, Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession]
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A.
Chapter XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale
"Chapter XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale" is a pivotal chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on an intense and revealing encounter between the characters Zenobia and Miles Coverdale.
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B.
Chapter XII: Coverdale’s Hermitage
"Chapter XII: Coverdale’s Hermitage" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on the narrator Miles Coverdale’s retreat into a secluded space, revealing his introspective nature and observational role within the utopian community.
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C.
Chapter XXI: An Old Acquaintance
"Chapter XXI: An Old Acquaintance" is a chapter from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that advances the book’s exploration of personal relationships and hidden motives among its utopian community’s members.
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D.
Chapter XXIV: The Masqueraders
"Chapter XXIV: The Masqueraders" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that centers on a pivotal masquerade scene exploring themes of identity, deception, and hidden motives among the characters.
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E.
Chapter VII: The Convalescent
"Chapter VII: The Convalescent" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on a period of recovery and introspection for one of the central characters, deepening the book’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and psychological complexity.
- 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: Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession Target entity description: "Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession" is a pivotal late chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel *The Blithedale Romance*, in which the narrator reveals crucial personal truths and hidden motivations that reframe the story’s preceding events.
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A.
Chapter XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale
"Chapter XXVI: Zenobia and Coverdale" is a pivotal chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on an intense and revealing encounter between the characters Zenobia and Miles Coverdale.
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B.
Chapter XII: Coverdale’s Hermitage
"Chapter XII: Coverdale’s Hermitage" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on the narrator Miles Coverdale’s retreat into a secluded space, revealing his introspective nature and observational role within the utopian community.
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C.
Chapter XXI: An Old Acquaintance
"Chapter XXI: An Old Acquaintance" is a chapter from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that advances the book’s exploration of personal relationships and hidden motives among its utopian community’s members.
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D.
Chapter XXIV: The Masqueraders
"Chapter XXIV: The Masqueraders" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that centers on a pivotal masquerade scene exploring themes of identity, deception, and hidden motives among the characters.
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E.
Chapter VII: The Convalescent
"Chapter VII: The Convalescent" is a chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel *The Blithedale Romance* that focuses on a period of recovery and introspection for one of the central characters, deepening the book’s themes of idealism, disillusionment, and psychological complexity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chapter
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literary work section ⓘ |
| appearsInNovel | The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne's late career ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| basedInWorkPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| centralCharacter |
Hollingsworth
ⓘ
Miles Coverdale ⓘ Priscilla ⓘ Zenobia ⓘ |
| chapterNumber | 29 ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
overall ambiguity of The Blithedale Romance
ⓘ
psychological depth of Miles Coverdale ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| firstPublicationYear | 1852 ⓘ |
| functionInNarrative |
acts as partial narrative self-exposure
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reframes preceding events ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
frame reinterpretation of plot
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retrospective confession ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | novel chapter ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American Romanticism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
climactic revelation chapter
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introspective monologue ⓘ |
| narrator | Miles Coverdale ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| originalPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| partOf | The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| positionInWork | late chapter ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| reveals |
Miles Coverdale's hidden motivations
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Miles Coverdale's personal feelings toward other characters ⓘ retrospective interpretation of Blithedale events ⓘ |
| settingContext | aftermath of Blithedale community experiment ⓘ |
| theme |
failed idealism
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guilt ⓘ limits of confession ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ unrequited or repressed desire ⓘ voyeurism and detachment ⓘ |
| titleOf | chapter 29 of The Blithedale Romance ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| workTypeContext | utopian community narrative ⓘ |
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Subject: Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession Description of subject: "Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession" is a pivotal late chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel *The Blithedale Romance*, in which the narrator reveals crucial personal truths and hidden motivations that reframe the story’s preceding events.
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