In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
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In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower is the second volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time, exploring the narrator’s awakening to love, art, and memory through his encounters with young women in seaside and Parisian society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545710 — 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: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Context triple: [In Search of Lost Time, secondVolume, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower]
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A.
A Bed of Flowers
A Bed of Flowers is a satirical novel by British writer Auberon Waugh, reflecting his characteristic wit and darkly comic view of English society.
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B.
Man of Flowers
Man of Flowers is a 1983 Australian art-house drama film by director Paul Cox, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of loneliness and sensuality.
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C.
The Man Who Loved Flowers
"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.
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D.
Valley of the Geraniums
Valley of the Geraniums is a secluded valley on Saint Helena best known as the original burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte, often referred to as the location of his tomb.
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E.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
- 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: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Target entity description: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower is the second volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time, exploring the narrator’s awakening to love, art, and memory through his encounters with young women in seaside and Parisian society.
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A.
A Bed of Flowers
A Bed of Flowers is a satirical novel by British writer Auberon Waugh, reflecting his characteristic wit and darkly comic view of English society.
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B.
Man of Flowers
Man of Flowers is a 1983 Australian art-house drama film by director Paul Cox, known for its introspective, character-driven exploration of loneliness and sensuality.
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C.
The Man Who Loved Flowers
"The Man Who Loved Flowers" is a horror short story by Stephen King about a seemingly romantic young man whose love of flowers masks a far darker obsession.
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D.
Valley of the Geraniums
Valley of the Geraniums is a secluded valley on Saint Helena best known as the original burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte, often referred to as the location of his tomb.
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E.
The Shining Girls
The Shining Girls is a genre-blending thriller novel by Lauren Beukes about a time-traveling serial killer and the survivor who hunts him down.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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volume of a novel cycle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Within a Budding Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Goncourt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| explores |
the narrator’s aesthetic education
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the narrator’s awakening to love ⓘ the workings of involuntary memory ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Albertine Simonet
NERFINISHED
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Charles Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ Odette de Crécy NERFINISHED ⓘ the “little band” of girls at Balbec ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Guermantes Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Swann's Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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bildungsroman ⓘ modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasSeasideEpisodes | Balbec holiday ⓘ |
| hasUrbanEpisodes | Parisian salons ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marcel (the narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed psychological analysis
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extended social observation of French bourgeois and aristocratic society ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Swann's Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| setting |
Balbec
NERFINISHED
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French seaside resort ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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art ⓘ desire ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ social class ⓘ time ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower Description of subject: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower is the second volume of Marcel Proust’s monumental novel cycle In Search of Lost Time, exploring the narrator’s awakening to love, art, and memory through his encounters with young women in seaside and Parisian society.
Referenced by (1)
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subject surface form:
In Search of Lost Time