The Way We Live Now
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The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Way We Live Now canonical | 17 |
| The Way We Live Now (1875) | 1 |
| The Way We Live Now (novel) | 1 |
| The Way We Live Now universe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150945 — 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 Way We Live Now Context triple: [Anthony Trollope, notableWork, The Way We Live Now]
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A.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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B.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a satirical novel that transports a 19th-century American engineer back to King Arthur’s Britain, where he uses modern knowledge to challenge medieval society and romanticized chivalry.
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C.
Chronicles of Barsetshire
Chronicles of Barsetshire is Anthony Trollope’s celebrated series of Victorian novels set in the fictional English county of Barsetshire, exploring provincial life, politics, and the clergy.
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D.
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a lighthearted romantic show tune from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that charmingly describes a fanciful horse-drawn carriage ride.
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E.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
- 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 Way We Live Now Target entity description: The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
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A.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a series of humorous and reflective conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in the 1850s.
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B.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a satirical novel that transports a 19th-century American engineer back to King Arthur’s Britain, where he uses modern knowledge to challenge medieval society and romanticized chivalry.
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C.
Chronicles of Barsetshire
Chronicles of Barsetshire is Anthony Trollope’s celebrated series of Victorian novels set in the fictional English county of Barsetshire, exploring provincial life, politics, and the clergy.
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D.
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top
"The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is a lighthearted romantic show tune from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *Oklahoma!* that charmingly describes a fanciful horse-drawn carriage ride.
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E.
Coward of the County
Coward of the County is a popular country song by Kenny Rogers that tells the story of a gentle man pushed to defend his honor and that of his loved one.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television series ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement | fraudulent railway scheme ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Victorian high society
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financial capitalism ⓘ political corruption ⓘ press and journalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
London society
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Parliamentary politics ⓘ aristocracy ⓘ nouveau riche ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1875 ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
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satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780140433924 ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | considered one of Anthony Trollope's greatest novels ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | contemporary financial scandals ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Augustus Melmotte
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Hetta Carbury ⓘ Lady Carbury ⓘ Mrs Hurtle ⓘ Paul Montague ⓘ Sir Felix Carbury ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class and status
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corruption ⓘ financial speculation ⓘ greed ⓘ moral decay ⓘ social pretension ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAdaptation | 2001 BBC television serial "The Way We Live Now" ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| publishedInSerialFormIn | The Graphic ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Britain ⓘ |
| structure | two volumes ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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satirical ⓘ |
| workOf | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Way We Live Now Description of subject: The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Way We Live Now (2001 TV serial)
this entity surface form:
The Way We Live Now (novel)
this entity surface form:
The Way We Live Now universe
this entity surface form:
The Way We Live Now (1875)