The Years
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The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf that traces the changing fortunes of the Pargiter family across several decades, blending social history with experimental narrative form.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Years canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11776555 — 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 Years Context triple: [The Waves, precededBy, The Years]
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A.
The Years Between
The Years Between is a 1946 British drama film, adapted from a play by Daphne du Maurier, that explores the emotional and political upheaval in a woman's life when her husband, presumed dead in the war, unexpectedly returns.
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B.
The Best Years
The Best Years is a Canadian television drama series that follows the lives and relationships of college students navigating their formative university years.
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C.
The Green Years
The Green Years is a 1946 coming-of-age drama film about an Irish orphan growing up in Scotland, adapted from A. J. Cronin’s novel of the same name.
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D.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
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E.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a memoir by Israeli author Etgar Keret, blending humor and poignancy in short, autobiographical vignettes about family life, politics, and everyday absurdities in contemporary Israel.
- 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 Years Target entity description: The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf that traces the changing fortunes of the Pargiter family across several decades, blending social history with experimental narrative form.
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A.
The Years Between
The Years Between is a 1946 British drama film, adapted from a play by Daphne du Maurier, that explores the emotional and political upheaval in a woman's life when her husband, presumed dead in the war, unexpectedly returns.
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B.
The Best Years
The Best Years is a Canadian television drama series that follows the lives and relationships of college students navigating their formative university years.
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C.
The Green Years
The Green Years is a 1946 coming-of-age drama film about an Irish orphan growing up in Scotland, adapted from A. J. Cronin’s novel of the same name.
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D.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a celebrated work of Yiddish literature by I. L. Peretz that reflects Jewish life and culture with a blend of realism, folklore, and moral insight.
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E.
The Seven Good Years
The Seven Good Years is a memoir by Israeli author Etgar Keret, blending humor and poignancy in short, autobiographical vignettes about family life, politics, and everyday absurdities in contemporary Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Virginia Woolf ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier project The Pargiters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
English middle-class life
ⓘ
changes in British society ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Between the Acts ⓘ |
| follows | The Waves ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasForm |
experimental narrative
ⓘ
fragmented chronology ⓘ |
| hasLaterReception | renewed critical interest in feminist and historicist criticism ⓘ |
| hasReception |
commercial success on publication
ⓘ
mixed critical response at first ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Pargiter family ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Delia Pargiter
ⓘ
Edward Pargiter ⓘ Eleanor Pargiter ⓘ Kitty Malone ⓘ Martin Pargiter ⓘ Milly Pargiter ⓘ
linked to:
Delia Pargiter
Peggy Pargiter ⓘ
linked to:
Delia Pargiter
Rose Pargiter ⓘ
linked to:
Delia Pargiter
Sara Pargiter ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multiple third-person perspectives ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of social history and modernist technique
ⓘ
focus on women’s lives ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Virginia Woolf bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1937 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hogarth Press ⓘ |
| setInLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
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| setInPeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| structure | divided into sections by specific years ⓘ |
| theme |
class and society
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everyday life ⓘ family relationships ⓘ gender roles ⓘ memory ⓘ passage of time ⓘ social change ⓘ |
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