Vile Bodies
E150425
Vile Bodies is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that portrays the reckless, hedonistic lifestyle of England’s interwar “Bright Young Things.”
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vile Bodies canonical | 13 |
| Vile Bodies (novel universe) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1318478 — 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: Vile Bodies Context triple: [Evelyn Waugh, notableWork, Vile Bodies]
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A.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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B.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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C.
The Art of Cruelty
The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
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D.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal is the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, renowned for his relentless, all-conquering racing style and status as one of the greatest cyclists in history.
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E.
The Ghoul Man
The Ghoul Man is a reanimated corpse character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
- 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: Vile Bodies Target entity description: Vile Bodies is a satirical novel by Evelyn Waugh that portrays the reckless, hedonistic lifestyle of England’s interwar “Bright Young Things.”
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A.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
-
B.
The Devil and Miss Prym
The Devil and Miss Prym is a philosophical novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores the nature of good and evil through the moral dilemmas faced by a small village and a young woman.
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C.
The Art of Cruelty
The Art of Cruelty is a critical work of cultural theory in which Maggie Nelson examines representations of violence and suffering in art, film, and literature, questioning their ethical and aesthetic implications.
-
D.
The Cannibal
The Cannibal is the legendary Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, renowned for his relentless, all-conquering racing style and status as one of the greatest cyclists in history.
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E.
The Ghoul Man
The Ghoul Man is a reanimated corpse character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| adaptationType | film ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Stephen Fry ⓘ |
| author | Evelyn Waugh ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Agatha Runcible
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Colonel Blount ⓘ Father Rothschild ⓘ Mrs. Melrose Ape ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depicts | Bright Young Things ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followedBy | Black Mischief ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy of manners
ⓘ
satire ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Bright Young Things (film)
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linked to:
Bright Young Things
|
| hasISBN | 9780316926119 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | key work in Evelyn Waugh's early comic phase ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Adam Fenwick-Symes
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Nina Blount ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
fragmented, fast-paced narrative style
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portrayal of London high society in the 1920s ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| precededBy | Decline and Fall ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| setInCountry | England ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
celebrity culture
ⓘ
tabloid journalism ⓘ youth culture in interwar Britain ⓘ |
| theme |
disillusionment after World War I
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hedonism ⓘ moral decay ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| timeSetting | late 1920s ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | Biblical phrase "vile body" from the King James Bible ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (14)
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