We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 gothic mystery novel by Shirley Jackson that follows two reclusive sisters living in isolation after a family tragedy in their small, hostile town.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1715151 — 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: We Have Always Lived in the Castle Context triple: [Shirley Jackson, notableWork, We Have Always Lived in the Castle]
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
Las Hilanderas
Las Hilanderas is a celebrated Baroque painting by Diego Velázquez that depicts women working in a tapestry workshop while subtly referencing classical mythology.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- 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: We Have Always Lived in the Castle Target entity description: We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 gothic mystery novel by Shirley Jackson that follows two reclusive sisters living in isolation after a family tragedy in their small, hostile town.
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A.
The Girl Who Had Everything
The Girl Who Had Everything is a 1953 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor as a young woman torn between her powerful lawyer father and a charismatic racketeer.
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B.
Las Hilanderas
Las Hilanderas is a celebrated Baroque painting by Diego Velázquez that depicts women working in a tapestry workshop while subtly referencing classical mythology.
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C.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gothic novel
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mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| antagonist |
Charles Blackwood
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hostile villagers ⓘ |
| author | Shirley Jackson ⓘ |
| character | Charles Blackwood ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Stacie Passon ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2018 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
short story collection "The Lottery and Other Stories"
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surface form:
The Lottery and Other Stories (reissue contexts)
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| genre |
gothic fiction
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mystery fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018 film)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (stage adaptation)
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| literaryMovement | American gothic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Constance Blackwood
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Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
surface form:
Merricat Blackwood
Uncle Julian Blackwood ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrator | Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ |
| notableEventInPlot | Blackwood family members die from arsenic poisoning in sugar ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of agoraphobia and social ostracism
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unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| openingLine | My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 160 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shirley Jackson
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surface form:
Shirley Jackson bibliography
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| plotSummary | Two reclusive Blackwood sisters live in isolation after most of their family is poisoned at dinner ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Sundial ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Constance Blackwood
ⓘ
Mary Katherine Blackwood ⓘ
surface form:
Merricat Blackwood
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| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| setting |
Vermont
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small New England town ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
family
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isolation ⓘ madness ⓘ persecution ⓘ violence ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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Subject: We Have Always Lived in the Castle Description of subject: We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 gothic mystery novel by Shirley Jackson that follows two reclusive sisters living in isolation after a family tragedy in their small, hostile town.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
novel "We Have Always Lived in the Castle"
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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hasAdaptation
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (2018 film)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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hasAdaptation
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (stage adaptation)