A Handful of Dust
E151186
A Handful of Dust is a 1934 novel by Evelyn Waugh that satirically portrays the collapse of an upper-class English marriage and the moral emptiness of interwar British society.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Handful of Dust canonical | 5 |
| A Handful of Dust (1988 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: A Handful of Dust Context triple: [Evelyn Waugh, notableWork, A Handful of Dust]
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A.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
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B.
Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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C.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romantic drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that follows a young woman’s awakening to love and independence during a trip to Italy and subsequent return to Edwardian England.
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D.
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume cycle of novels that traces the intertwined lives of a group of English characters across several decades of the 20th century.
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E.
Leave It to Psmith
Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: A Handful of Dust Target entity description: A Handful of Dust is a 1934 novel by Evelyn Waugh that satirically portrays the collapse of an upper-class English marriage and the moral emptiness of interwar British society.
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A.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited is a classic mid-20th-century English novel that explores themes of faith, memory, and the decline of the British aristocracy through the narrator’s complex relationship with the aristocratic Flyte family.
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B.
Howards End
Howards End is a 1992 British period drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that explores class, inheritance, and social change in Edwardian England.
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C.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View is a 1985 British romantic drama film, adapted from E.M. Forster’s novel, that follows a young woman’s awakening to love and independence during a trip to Italy and subsequent return to Edwardian England.
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D.
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time is Anthony Powell’s twelve-volume cycle of novels that traces the intertwined lives of a group of English characters across several decades of the 20th century.
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E.
Leave It to Psmith
Leave It to Psmith is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse featuring the charming, resourceful Psmith embroiled in romantic mix-ups and jewel-stealing escapades at Blandings Castle.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
A Handful of Dust
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Handful of Dust (1988 film)
|
| hasCharacter |
Brenda Last
ⓘ
John Andrew Last ⓘ John Beaver ⓘ Mr. Todd ⓘ Mrs. Beaver ⓘ Tony Last ⓘ |
| hasInfluence | English comic fiction ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryAllusion | The Waste Land ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
critique of upper-class values
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exploration of spiritual emptiness ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Modernism
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surface form:
modernism
|
| literaryPeriod | interwar literature ⓘ |
| literaryTone |
darkly comic
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tragic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Brenda Last
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John Beaver ⓘ Tony Last ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
adultery
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collapse of an upper-class English marriage ⓘ moral emptiness of British upper-class society ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak ending
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satire of country-house life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Evelyn Waugh's major novels ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Brazilian jungle
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England ⓘ London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
rural England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| structure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| title | A Handful of Dust self-link ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | line from T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land ⓘ |
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