Madame Bovary
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Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Madame Bovary canonical | 10 |
| Emma Bovary | 3 |
| Madame Bovary (1991 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Madame Bovary Context triple: [Gustave Flaubert, notableWork, Madame Bovary]
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La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores religious fervor, sexuality, and guilt through the tragic story of a young priest torn between his faith and earthly desire.
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Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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C.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
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Scènes de la vie de province
Scènes de la vie de province is a series of interlinked novels by Honoré de Balzac depicting the social, political, and personal lives of characters in provincial France as part of his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
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E.
La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette is a classic 1846 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays jealousy, revenge, and social ambition within Parisian bourgeois society.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Madame Bovary Target entity description: Madame Bovary is a landmark 1857 realist novel by Gustave Flaubert that portrays the tragic life and romantic disillusionment of Emma Bovary, a provincial doctor's wife.
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A.
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret
La Faute de l’Abbé Mouret is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores religious fervor, sexuality, and guilt through the tragic story of a young priest torn between his faith and earthly desire.
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B.
Le Père Goriot
Le Père Goriot is a classic 1835 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays the intertwined lives of Parisian society, focusing on themes of ambition, social climbing, and paternal sacrifice.
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C.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
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D.
Scènes de la vie de province
Scènes de la vie de province is a series of interlinked novels by Honoré de Balzac depicting the social, political, and personal lives of characters in provincial France as part of his larger La Comédie humaine cycle.
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E.
La Cousine Bette
La Cousine Bette is a classic 1846 realist novel by Honoré de Balzac that portrays jealousy, revenge, and social ambition within Parisian bourgeois society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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realist novel ⓘ |
| author | Gustave Flaubert ⓘ |
| centralConflict | clash between romantic ideals and provincial reality ⓘ |
| character |
Berthe Bovary
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Charles Bovary ⓘ Hippolyte ⓘ Léon Dupuis ⓘ Monsieur Homais ⓘ Rodolphe Boulanger ⓘ |
| controversy | obscenity trial ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| ending | suicide of Emma Bovary ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublicationVenue | Revue de Paris ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1856 ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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realism ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Madame Bovary (1949 film)
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Madame Bovary (1991 film) ⓘ Madame Bovary (2014 film) ⓘ opera adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
modernist literature
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realist novel tradition ⓘ |
| legalIssue | Flaubert obscenity trial of 1857 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | landmark of realist fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Madame Bovary
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surface form:
Emma Bovary
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| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | free indirect discourse ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| outcomeOfTrial | acquittal ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Paris ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Madame Bovary
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surface form:
Emma Bovary
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| publicationYear | 1857 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Michel Lévy frères
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surface form:
Michel Lévy Frères
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| setting |
Normandy
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provincial France ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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boredom ⓘ consumerism ⓘ debt ⓘ marital dissatisfaction ⓘ provincial life ⓘ romantic disillusionment ⓘ social class ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
Madame Bovary
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Emma Bovary
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