The Eustace Diamonds
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The Eustace Diamonds is a Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that satirically explores greed, social ambition, and moral ambiguity through the controversy surrounding a disputed family heirloom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Eustace Diamonds canonical | 15 |
| Eustace family diamonds | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
class and social status
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greed ⓘ legal ownership ⓘ marriage and property ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ social ambition ⓘ |
| copyrightStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Fortnightly Review ⓘ |
| followedBy | Phineas Redux ⓘ |
| genre |
realist fiction
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | anti-heroine ⓘ |
| hasHeirloom |
The Eustace Diamonds
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surface form:
Eustace family diamonds
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work in Trollope's Palliser series ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Frank Greystock
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Lizzie Eustace ⓘ Lord Fawn ⓘ Lucy Morris ⓘ |
| narrativeConcern |
conflict between personal desire and social duty
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tension between law and morality ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person omniscient ⓘ |
| notableObjectInPlot | diamond necklace ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
Palliser series
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surface form:
Palliser novels
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| plotFocus | controversy over a disputed family heirloom ⓘ |
| precededBy | Phineas Finn ⓘ |
| protagonist | Lizzie Eustace ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1873 ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | serial publication ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| satirizes |
Victorian high society
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legal and political institutions ⓘ marriage market ⓘ |
| seriesNumber | third novel in the Palliser series ⓘ |
| setting |
English countryside
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| settingPeriod | 19th-century England ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | early 1870s ⓘ |
Referenced by (16)
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this entity surface form:
Eustace family diamonds