The Guermantes Way
E741291
The Guermantes Way is a volume of Marcel Proust’s novel cycle In Search of Lost Time that explores the aristocratic Guermantes family and the narrator’s deepening immersion in Parisian high society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Guermantes Way canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545711 — 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 Guermantes Way Context triple: [In Search of Lost Time, thirdVolume, The Guermantes Way]
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A.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
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B.
L’Origine des manières de table
L’Origine des manières de table is a volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Mythologiques series that analyzes the cultural and structural significance of dining customs and table manners in human societies.
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C.
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Bouvard et Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows two copy clerks whose obsessive pursuit of knowledge exposes the absurdities of 19th-century intellectual life.
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D.
Le Déjeuner des canotiers
Le Déjeuner des canotiers is the original French title of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s celebrated Impressionist painting depicting friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
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E.
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
- 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 Guermantes Way Target entity description: The Guermantes Way is a volume of Marcel Proust’s novel cycle In Search of Lost Time that explores the aristocratic Guermantes family and the narrator’s deepening immersion in Parisian high society.
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A.
Albertine
Albertine is a feminine given name, often used as a variant of names like Albert or Alberte and borne by various real and fictional figures.
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B.
L’Origine des manières de table
L’Origine des manières de table is a volume of Claude Lévi-Strauss’s Mythologiques series that analyzes the cultural and structural significance of dining customs and table manners in human societies.
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C.
Bouvard et Pécuchet
Bouvard et Pécuchet is an unfinished satirical novel by Gustave Flaubert that follows two copy clerks whose obsessive pursuit of knowledge exposes the absurdities of 19th-century intellectual life.
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D.
Le Déjeuner des canotiers
Le Déjeuner des canotiers is the original French title of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s celebrated Impressionist painting depicting friends dining on a balcony overlooking the Seine.
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E.
Mademoiselle Bourienne
Mademoiselle Bourienne is a minor character in Leo Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace," known as the French companion to Princess Marya who becomes romantically entangled with Anatole Kuragin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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volume of a novel cycle ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Proust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
tension between romantic idealization and social reality
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the narrator’s desire for social acceptance among the Guermantes ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
the death of the narrator’s grandmother
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the narrator’s attendance at the Guermantes salon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
aristocracy
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desire ⓘ disillusionment ⓘ memory ⓘ snobbery ⓘ social class ⓘ time ⓘ |
| featuresFamily | Guermantes family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Within a Budding Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMainSetting |
the Guermantes residence in Paris
NERFINISHED
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the narrator’s family apartment near the Guermantes ⓘ |
| hasStructure | continuous narrative ⓘ |
| languageStyle | complex and reflective ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marcel (the unnamed narrator) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Baron de Charlus
NERFINISHED
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Duc de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ Duchesse de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame de Villeparisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Odette de Crécy NERFINISHED ⓘ Swann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed depiction of Parisian high society
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long, elaborate sentences ⓘ psychological introspection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Côté de Guermantes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | In Search of Lost Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Sodom and Gomorrah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate |
1920
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1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions Grasset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesOrder | third volume of In Search of Lost Time ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
French high society
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Paris ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
Belle Époque
NERFINISHED
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late 19th century France ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Guermantes Way Description of subject: The Guermantes Way is a volume of Marcel Proust’s novel cycle In Search of Lost Time that explores the aristocratic Guermantes family and the narrator’s deepening immersion in Parisian high society.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
In Search of Lost Time