La Peau de chagrin
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La Peau de chagrin is a philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and mortality through a magical talisman that grants wishes while shrinking with each use.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Peau de chagrin canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T505508 — 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.
Target entity: La Peau de chagrin Context triple: [Honoré de Balzac, notableWork, La Peau de chagrin]
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La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
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Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" is a classic French song, originally made famous by Édith Piaf, that became one of Louis Armstrong’s signature romantic jazz standards through his celebrated interpretation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: La Peau de chagrin Target entity description: La Peau de chagrin is a philosophical novel by Honoré de Balzac that explores themes of desire, power, and mortality through a magical talisman that grants wishes while shrinking with each use.
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A.
La Grenouillère
La Grenouillère is an 1869 Impressionist painting by Claude Monet depicting a lively riverside bathing and boating resort on the Seine near Bougival, France.
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B.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
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C.
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes
Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes is a major novel in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that explores the intertwined worlds of Parisian high society, crime, and prostitution in the early 19th century.
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D.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House is a famous 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his residence in Arles, France, and is considered a key work of Post-Impressionism.
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E.
La Vie en rose
"La Vie en rose" is a classic French song, originally made famous by Édith Piaf, that became one of Louis Armstrong’s signature romantic jazz standards through his celebrated interpretation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
The Magic Skin
ⓘ
The Wild Ass's Skin ⓘ |
| author | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| centralObject | magical shagreen skin ⓘ |
| character |
Antiquary
ⓘ
Fedora ⓘ
surface form:
Foedora
Pauline ⓘ Raphaël de Valentin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| createdBy | Honoré de Balzac ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial publication ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Charpentier ⓘ |
| genre |
fantastic literature
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philosophical fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | La Peau de chagrin (film adaptations) ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later French fantastic literature ⓘ |
| inCollection | Études philosophiques ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Romanticism ⓘ |
| literaryCycle |
La Comédie humaine
ⓘ
surface form:
Études philosophiques in La Comédie humaine
|
| literaryMovement | Realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early major work in La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Raphaël de Valentin ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Peau de chagrin self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | La Comédie humaine ⓘ |
| plotDevice | talisman that grants wishes while shrinking ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1831 ⓘ |
| setting | Paris ⓘ |
| structure | three-part structure ⓘ |
| symbol |
shagreen skin as symbol of finite life
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shagreen skin as symbol of vital energy ⓘ |
| theme |
consumption and excess
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desire ⓘ fate ⓘ free will ⓘ mortality ⓘ power ⓘ the cost of ambition ⓘ the relationship between life force and desire ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
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