The Long Song
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The Long Song is a historical novel by Andrea Levy that follows the life of a young enslaved woman in 19th-century Jamaica during and after the final years of slavery.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Long Song canonical | 4 |
| The Long Song (TV series) | 2 |
| The Long Song (BBC television adaptation) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9623478 — 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 Long Song Context triple: [Sharon Duncan-Brewster, notableWork, The Long Song]
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A.
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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B.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings is a historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd that intertwines the lives of an enslaved girl and a young white woman in early 19th-century Charleston to explore themes of slavery, feminism, and the struggle for freedom.
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C.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer is a debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates that blends historical fiction and magical realism to explore slavery, memory, and freedom in the antebellum American South.
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D.
Precious Bane
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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E.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
- 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 Long Song Target entity description: The Long Song is a historical novel by Andrea Levy that follows the life of a young enslaved woman in 19th-century Jamaica during and after the final years of slavery.
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A.
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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B.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings is a historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd that intertwines the lives of an enslaved girl and a young white woman in early 19th-century Charleston to explore themes of slavery, feminism, and the struggle for freedom.
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C.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer is a debut novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates that blends historical fiction and magical realism to explore slavery, memory, and freedom in the antebellum American South.
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D.
Precious Bane
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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E.
The Night Watchman
The Night Watchman is a historical novel by Louise Erdrich that follows a Native American community’s struggle against U.S. termination policy in the 1950s, inspired by her grandfather’s activism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationBroadcaster | BBC One ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television drama ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| author | Andrea Levy ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | notable contemporary book design (UK edition) ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Long Song (TV series)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Long Song
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| hasISBN | 978-0-7553-4671-4 ⓘ |
| literaryAward |
Commonwealth Writers Prize (regional winner, Best Book, 2011)
ⓘ
linked to:
Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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| literaryStyle | comic-tragic tone ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | July ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint |
Headline Review
ⓘ
linked to:
Headline
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| pageCount | approximately 320 pages ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | final novel by Andrea Levy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Small Island ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Headline Review
ⓘ
linked to:
Headline
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| settingLocation | Jamaica ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Man Booker Prize for Fiction
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linked to:
Booker Prize
Walter Scott Prize ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
final years of slavery in Jamaica
ⓘ
post-emancipation Jamaican society ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ race and identity ⓘ resilience ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Long Song
linked to: The Long Song
subject linked to:
Doctor Who episodes "The Rings of Akhaten"
linked to: The Long Song