The Robber Bride
E20896
The Robber Bride is a darkly comic, feminist novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines a Grimm fairy tale through the intertwined lives of three women and their destructive, enigmatic friend.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Robber Bride canonical | 6 |
| The Robber Bride (1993 novel) | 1 |
| The Robber Bride (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T161973 — 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 Robber Bride Context triple: [Margaret Atwood, notableWork, The Robber Bride]
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A.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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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: The Robber Bride Target entity description: The Robber Bride is a darkly comic, feminist novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines a Grimm fairy tale through the intertwined lives of three women and their destructive, enigmatic friend.
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A.
The Jewish Bride
The Jewish Bride is a renowned 17th-century oil painting by Rembrandt, celebrated for its intimate portrayal of a couple and its rich, expressive use of color and light.
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B.
The Wife
"The Wife" is a sentimental short story by Washington Irving that explores themes of love, loyalty, and devotion within marriage.
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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 an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is the given name of Shirley Ann Jackson, a prominent American physicist and trailblazing academic leader.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Brave Little Tailor
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surface form:
Grimms' Fairy Tales
The Robber Bridegroom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
destructive influence of a charismatic woman
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intertwined lives of three women ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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dark comedy ⓘ feminist fiction ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charis
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Roz ⓘ Tony ⓘ Zenia ⓘ |
| hasEnigmaticCharacter | Zenia ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multiple intertwined narratives ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
ironic
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satirical ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Charis
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Roz ⓘ Tony ⓘ Zenia ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darkly comic tone
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reimagining a Grimm fairy tale in a contemporary feminist context ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Margaret Atwood
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surface form:
Margaret Atwood bibliography
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| placeOfPublication |
New York City
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Toronto ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1993 ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland and Stewart
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surface form:
McClelland & Stewart
Nan A. Talese ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
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deception ⓘ female friendship ⓘ feminism ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Robber Bride Description of subject: The Robber Bride is a darkly comic, feminist novel by Margaret Atwood that reimagines a Grimm fairy tale through the intertwined lives of three women and their destructive, enigmatic friend.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Robber Bride (1993 novel)
this entity surface form:
The Robber Bride (novel)