Lost in a Good Book
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Lost in a Good Book is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde that continues the adventures of literary detective Thursday Next in a world where books and reality intertwine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lost in a Good Book canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6840337 — 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: Lost in a Good Book Context triple: [Jasper Fforde, notableWork, Lost in a Good Book]
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A.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
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B.
The Reading
The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
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C.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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D.
The Burning Book
"The Burning Book" is a notable poem by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, recognized for its reflective, philosophical treatment of memory, loss, and the passage of time.
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E.
Among My Books
"Among My Books" is a collection of literary essays by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, in which he offers scholarly and reflective studies of major authors and their works.
- 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: Lost in a Good Book Target entity description: Lost in a Good Book is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde that continues the adventures of literary detective Thursday Next in a world where books and reality intertwine.
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A.
A Pocketful of Happiness
A Pocketful of Happiness is a memoir by actor Richard E. Grant reflecting on his life, career, and the experience of caring for his late wife during her illness.
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B.
The Reading
The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
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C.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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D.
The Burning Book
"The Burning Book" is a notable poem by American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson, recognized for its reflective, philosophical treatment of memory, loss, and the passage of time.
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E.
Among My Books
"Among My Books" is a collection of literary essays by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, in which he offers scholarly and reflective studies of major authors and their works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Thursday Next novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Jasper Fforde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bureaucracy of literature
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identity and memory ⓘ interaction between books and reality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Larry Rostant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
intertextual references
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literary detective work ⓘ parallel realities ⓘ time travel ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | BookWorld NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Eyre Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history
ⓘ
comic fantasy ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Aornis Hades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Landen Parke-Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ Thursday Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOrganization |
Jurisfiction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SpecOps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Well of Lost Plots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780340733561 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Thursday Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
|
| series | Thursday Next NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | alternate 1980s Britain ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lost in a Good Book Description of subject: Lost in a Good Book is a comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde that continues the adventures of literary detective Thursday Next in a world where books and reality intertwine.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.