Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
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"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a pioneering American naturalist novella that starkly portrays poverty, urban life, and moral hypocrisy in New York's Bowery slums.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Maggie: A Girl of the Streets canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T838693 — 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: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Context triple: [Stephen Crane, notableWork, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets]
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A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film adaptation of Betty Smith’s novel, focusing on a young girl’s coming-of-age in a poor Brooklyn family in the early 20th century.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- 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: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets Target entity description: "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" is a pioneering American naturalist novella that starkly portrays poverty, urban life, and moral hypocrisy in New York's Bowery slums.
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A.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl is a 19th-century coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott that contrasts simple, traditional values with the temptations of fashionable city life through the experiences of its young heroine.
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B.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 American drama film adaptation of Betty Smith’s novel, focusing on a young girl’s coming-of-age in a poor Brooklyn family in the early 20th century.
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C.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James that explores post–Civil War American society through a satirical examination of feminism, reform movements, and complex personal relationships in Boston.
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D.
The Lower Depths
The Lower Depths is a seminal 1902 play by Russian writer Maksim Gorky that portrays the harsh lives and moral struggles of impoverished lodgers in a flophouse.
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E.
Manhattan Melodrama
Manhattan Melodrama is a 1934 American crime drama film, best known for starring Clark Gable, William Powell, and Myrna Loy and for being the movie John Dillinger watched before his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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naturalist fiction ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| approximateLength | novella-length ⓘ |
| author | Stephen Crane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception |
initially limited due to private printing
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later recognized as a classic of American literature ⓘ |
| depicts |
New York Bowery slums
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religious hypocrisy ⓘ social stigma ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Irving Bacheller ⓘ |
| genre |
naturalism
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realism ⓘ |
| includedIn | Stephen Crane collections ⓘ |
| initialPublicationType | privately printed ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | American naturalism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
one of the first American naturalist works
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pioneering depiction of urban slum life ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Jimmie Johnson
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Maggie Johnson ⓘ Mary Johnson ⓘ Pete ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
double standards regarding female sexuality
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environmental influence on character ⓘ lack of social mobility ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1893 ⓘ |
| revisedEditionYear | 1896 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Bowery
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New York City ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | fate of a young woman in the slums ⓘ |
| theme |
alcoholism
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family dysfunction ⓘ moral hypocrisy ⓘ poverty ⓘ prostitution ⓘ social determinism ⓘ urban life ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
grim
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naturalistic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (9)
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