Under Western Eyes
E407830
Under Western Eyes is a political novel by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of revolution, betrayal, and moral ambiguity in Tsarist Russia through the experiences of a young student entangled with radical politics.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Under Western Eyes canonical | 1 |
| Under Western Eyes (1969 BBC television series) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4035439 — 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: Under Western Eyes Context triple: [Joseph Conrad, notableWork, Under Western Eyes]
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A.
The Westerner
The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film starring Gary Cooper as a drifter who becomes entangled in a conflict between a powerful cattle baron and local homesteaders.
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B.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye is a 1967 psychological drama film, based on Carson McCullers’ novel, that explores repression, desire, and obsession within a Southern military base.
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C.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
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D.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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E.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
- 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: Under Western Eyes Target entity description: Under Western Eyes is a political novel by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of revolution, betrayal, and moral ambiguity in Tsarist Russia through the experiences of a young student entangled with radical politics.
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A.
The Westerner
The Westerner is a 1940 American Western film starring Gary Cooper as a drifter who becomes entangled in a conflict between a powerful cattle baron and local homesteaders.
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B.
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye is a 1967 psychological drama film, based on Carson McCullers’ novel, that explores repression, desire, and obsession within a Southern military base.
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C.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross is a 1944 American drama film about seven prisoners escaping a Nazi concentration camp, noted for its early and powerful depiction of anti-fascist resistance.
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D.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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E.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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political novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
Under Western Eyes
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Under Western Eyes (1969 BBC television series)
Suspense (radio series) ⓘ
surface form:
Under Western Eyes (radio dramatizations)
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| author | Joseph Conrad ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Madame de S.
ⓘ
Natalia Haldin ⓘ Peter Ivanovitch ⓘ Victor Haldin ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 320 pages ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
espionage
ⓘ
exile ⓘ informers ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ state repression ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian era ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Razumov ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
psychological interiority
ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| narrator | Unnamed English teacher of languages ⓘ |
| oftenComparedTo |
Crime and Punishment
ⓘ
The Possessed ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1911 ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
Russian revolutionary movement
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Tsarist secret police ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Secret Agent ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | student ⓘ |
| publisher | Methuen & Co. ⓘ |
| setting |
Geneva
ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Tsarist Russia
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| structure | first-person frame narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
autocracy
ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ conscience ⓘ identity ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ political terrorism ⓘ revolution ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Under Western Eyes Description of subject: Under Western Eyes is a political novel by Joseph Conrad that explores themes of revolution, betrayal, and moral ambiguity in Tsarist Russia through the experiences of a young student entangled with radical politics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Under Western Eyes (1969 BBC television series)