The Stone Book Quartet
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The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Stone Book | 1 |
| The Stone Book Quartet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Stone Book Quartet Context triple: [Alan Garner, notableWork, The Stone Book Quartet]
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A.
The First Stone
The First Stone is a controversial non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines a 1990s sexual harassment case at an elite Melbourne university college and sparked intense public debate about feminism and victimhood.
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B.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
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C.
Master of the Children
Master of the Children is the title historically given to the director responsible for training and overseeing the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal in the English royal household.
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D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
- 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 Stone Book Quartet Target entity description: The Stone Book Quartet is a sequence of four interlinked novellas by Alan Garner that explore generations of a Cheshire family through richly crafted, myth-infused realist storytelling.
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A.
The First Stone
The First Stone is a controversial non-fiction book by Australian writer Helen Garner that examines a 1990s sexual harassment case at an elite Melbourne university college and sparked intense public debate about feminism and victimhood.
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B.
Panel of the Wise
The Panel of the Wise is a consultative body of eminent African personalities that advises and supports the African Union in conflict prevention, mediation, and peacebuilding efforts across the continent.
-
C.
Master of the Children
Master of the Children is the title historically given to the director responsible for training and overseeing the boy choristers of the Chapel Royal in the English royal household.
-
D.
The Golden Stairs
The Golden Stairs is a celebrated 1880 oil painting by Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones, depicting a procession of ethereal young women descending a spiral staircase in a dreamlike, symbolist style.
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E.
The Four Trees
The Four Trees is one of Claude Monet’s Poplars paintings, depicting a stand of trees along the Epte River in his characteristic Impressionist style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella sequence ⓘ |
| author | Alan Garner ⓘ |
| basedOn | Alan Garner's family history ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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mythic fiction ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasCentralElement |
craftsmanship
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ landscape ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | false ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Granny Reardun
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The Aimer Gate ⓘ The Stone Book Quartet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Stone Book
Tom Fobble's Day ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
adult readers
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younger readers ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Alan Garner
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surface form:
Alan Garner bibliography
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| literaryMovement | modern British children's literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
compressed prose
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dialect-rich dialogue ⓘ myth-infused realism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
family history
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intergenerational memory ⓘ relationship to place ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interlinked novellas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative narrative structure
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integration of myth and realism ⓘ use of Cheshire dialect ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publisher |
Collins Educational
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surface form:
Collins
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| setIn | Cheshire ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
19th century
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20th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
The Stone Book