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.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
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novel → satirical novel → |
| author |
Anthony Trollope
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| centralTheme |
class and social status
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greed → legal ownership → marriage and property → moral ambiguity → social ambition → |
| copyrightStatus |
public domain
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| firstPublishedIn |
The Fortnightly Review
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| followedBy |
Phineas Redux
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| genre |
realist fiction
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satire → social novel → |
| hasAdaptation |
radio adaptation
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| hasCharacterType |
anti-heroine
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| hasHeirloom |
Eustace family diamonds
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| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
realism
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| literaryPeriod |
Victorian literature
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| literarySignificance |
major work in Trollope's Palliser series
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| 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
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| notableObjectInPlot |
diamond necklace
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| partOfSeries |
Palliser novels
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| plotFocus |
controversy over a disputed family heirloom
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| precededBy |
Phineas Finn
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| protagonist |
Lizzie Eustace
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| publicationDate |
1873
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| publicationFormat |
serial publication
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| publisher |
Chapman and Hall
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| satirizes |
Victorian high society
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legal and political institutions → marriage market → |
| seriesNumber |
third novel in the Palliser series
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| setting |
English countryside
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London → |
| settingPeriod |
19th-century England
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| timeOfAction |
early 1870s
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Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Lord Fawn
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Palliser family → |
appearsIn |
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Lord Fawn
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firstPublishedIn |
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Phineas Finn
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followedBy |
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The Eustace Diamonds
("Eustace family diamonds")
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hasHeirloom |
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Palliser series
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hasPart |
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Anthony Trollope
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notableWork |
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The Prime Minister
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relatedWork |