The Club Dumas
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The Club Dumas is a 1993 mystery novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte that blends literary detective work, rare book collecting, and occult intrigue centered around a manuscript linked to Alexandre Dumas and a demonic text.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Club Dumas canonical | 7 |
| El club Dumas | 3 |
| The Club Dumas (1993 novel) | 1 |
| novel The Club Dumas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11235379 — 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 Club Dumas Context triple: [The Ninth Gate, basedOn, The Club Dumas]
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Maître Derville
Maître Derville is a shrewd and principled Parisian lawyer in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Colonel Chabert," known for his role in uncovering the truth behind the colonel’s presumed death and lost identity.
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La Démolition du Pont du Carrousel
La Démolition du Pont du Carrousel is a French-titled work, likely a painting or print, depicting or commemorating the destruction of Paris’s historic Pont du Carrousel bridge.
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Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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D.
Le Dard
Le Dard is a philosophical drama by French existentialist thinker Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of human suffering, freedom, and spiritual transcendence.
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La Chambre
La Chambre is a small commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Maurienne Valley of the French Alps.
- 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 Club Dumas Target entity description: The Club Dumas is a 1993 mystery novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte that blends literary detective work, rare book collecting, and occult intrigue centered around a manuscript linked to Alexandre Dumas and a demonic text.
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A.
Maître Derville
Maître Derville is a shrewd and principled Parisian lawyer in Honoré de Balzac’s novel "Le Colonel Chabert," known for his role in uncovering the truth behind the colonel’s presumed death and lost identity.
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B.
La Démolition du Pont du Carrousel
La Démolition du Pont du Carrousel is a French-titled work, likely a painting or print, depicting or commemorating the destruction of Paris’s historic Pont du Carrousel bridge.
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C.
Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
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D.
Le Dard
Le Dard is a philosophical drama by French existentialist thinker Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of human suffering, freedom, and spiritual transcendence.
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E.
La Chambre
La Chambre is a small commune in the Savoie department of southeastern France, situated in the Maurienne Valley of the French Alps.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mystery novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | The Ninth Gate ⓘ |
| author | Arturo Pérez-Reverte ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
authorship and authenticity
ⓘ
intertextuality ⓘ literary detective work ⓘ occult intrigue ⓘ rare book collecting ⓘ the nature of evil ⓘ |
| containsFictionalBook |
De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis
ⓘ
linked to:
The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows
|
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| featuresAuthor | Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| featuresWorkOfFiction | The Three Musketeers ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Roman Polanski ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationStar | Johnny Depp ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationTitleDifference | The film adaptation focuses mainly on the occult subplot and omits much of the Dumas material ⓘ |
| genre |
bibliomystery
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literary thriller ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ occult fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Boris Balkan
ⓘ
Flavio La Ponte NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Adler (mysterious girl) ⓘ
linked to:
Irene Adler
Varo Borja ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | works of Alexandre Dumas ⓘ |
| literaryAllusion |
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Three Musketeers ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lucas Corso ⓘ |
| motif |
duality between popular fiction and high literature
ⓘ
forgery and authenticity in books ⓘ pacts with the devil ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | metafictional ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex interweaving of literary and occult plots
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detailed depiction of the antiquarian book trade ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
El club Dumas
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linked to:
The Club Dumas
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| plotElement |
comparison of different copies of a satanic book
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investigation of a rare Dumas manuscript ⓘ search for a demonic text ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
book detective
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literary mercenary ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfaguara ⓘ |
| setting |
France
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Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: The Club Dumas Description of subject: The Club Dumas is a 1993 mystery novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte that blends literary detective work, rare book collecting, and occult intrigue centered around a manuscript linked to Alexandre Dumas and a demonic text.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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