The Thief of Always
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The Thief of Always is a dark fantasy novel by Clive Barker, often categorized as a modern fairy tale about a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house that offers endless fun at a terrible cost.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Thief of Always canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8316397 — 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 Thief of Always Context triple: [Clive Barker, notableWork, The Thief of Always]
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A.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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B.
The Stolen
"The Stolen" is a 2017 New Zealand-set period action-adventure film in which Alice Eve stars as a woman searching for her kidnapped son on the colonial frontier.
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C.
The Rainbow Thief
The Rainbow Thief is a 1990 fantasy drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, about an eccentric millionaire and his loyal companion awaiting an inheritance in a surreal, decaying city.
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D.
The Everlasting
"The Everlasting" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers, known for its reflective lyrics and sweeping, anthemic sound.
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E.
The Loom of Youth
The Loom of Youth is a controversial 1917 semi-autobiographical novel by Alec Waugh that portrays life and disillusionment at an English public school.
- 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 Thief of Always Target entity description: The Thief of Always is a dark fantasy novel by Clive Barker, often categorized as a modern fairy tale about a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house that offers endless fun at a terrible cost.
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A.
The Jewel That Was Ours
The Jewel That Was Ours is a crime novel in Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse series, featuring a complex murder investigation intertwined with the theft of a valuable historical artifact in Oxford.
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B.
The Stolen
"The Stolen" is a 2017 New Zealand-set period action-adventure film in which Alice Eve stars as a woman searching for her kidnapped son on the colonial frontier.
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C.
The Rainbow Thief
The Rainbow Thief is a 1990 fantasy drama film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, about an eccentric millionaire and his loyal companion awaiting an inheritance in a surreal, decaying city.
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D.
The Everlasting
"The Everlasting" is a melancholic, introspective rock ballad by Welsh band Manic Street Preachers, known for its reflective lyrics and sweeping, anthemic sound.
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E.
The Loom of Youth
The Loom of Youth is a controversial 1917 semi-autobiographical novel by Alec Waugh that portrays life and disillusionment at an English public school.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modern fairy tale
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | limited comic series ⓘ |
| adaptationPublisher | IDW Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Clive Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
childhood and growing up
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good versus evil ⓘ loss of time ⓘ temptation ⓘ the cost of wish fulfillment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Clive Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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dark fantasy ⓘ fantasy ⓘ horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | comic book adaptation ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
Holiday House itself
NERFINISHED
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Mr. Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Lulu
NERFINISHED
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Mr. Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Rictus NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Clive Barker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Harvey Swick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
beware of offers that seem too good to be true
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time is precious and cannot be reclaimed ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | around 225 pages ⓘ |
| hasStructure | linear narrative ⓘ |
| hasTargetAgeRange | approximately 9–12 years ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house ⓘ |
| notableFor | being described as a modern fairy tale ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorBibliography | works of Clive Barker ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Harvey Swick, a bored boy, is enticed to Holiday House, a magical place offering endless fun where each day contains all four seasons and multiple holidays, but he discovers a terrible hidden cost. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher |
HarperCollins
NERFINISHED
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HarperCollins Children's Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Holiday House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Thief of Always Description of subject: The Thief of Always is a dark fantasy novel by Clive Barker, often categorized as a modern fairy tale about a bored boy lured into a sinister magical house that offers endless fun at a terrible cost.
Referenced by (2)
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