Lives of the Novelists
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Lives of the Novelists is a comprehensive biographical and critical survey of major English-language novelists, written by literary scholar John Sutherland.
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| Lives of the Novelists canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23288537 — 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: Lives of the Novelists Context triple: [John Sutherland, notableWork, Lives of the Novelists]
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A.
Men of Letters
The Men of Letters is a secret scholarly organization in the Supernatural universe dedicated to researching and preserving knowledge about the occult and supernatural.
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B.
The Belles Lettres Papers
The Belles Lettres Papers is a satirical novel by Charles Simmons that humorously portrays the inner workings and eccentricities of an English department at a small American college.
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C.
On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist is a widely respected craft book in which John Gardner offers practical guidance and philosophical reflections on the life, discipline, and mindset of the fiction writer.
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D.
The King of the Novel
The King of the Novel is a short piece by John Irving, included in his collection "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed," that reflects on the craft and stature of the novelist.
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E.
The Biographer’s Tale
The Biographer’s Tale is a metafictional novel by A. S. Byatt that follows a disillusioned academic who abandons literary theory to investigate the elusive life of a Victorian biographer, blurring the boundaries between biography, history, and storytelling.
- 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: Lives of the Novelists Target entity description: Lives of the Novelists is a comprehensive biographical and critical survey of major English-language novelists, written by literary scholar John Sutherland.
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A.
Men of Letters
The Men of Letters is a secret scholarly organization in the Supernatural universe dedicated to researching and preserving knowledge about the occult and supernatural.
-
B.
The Belles Lettres Papers
The Belles Lettres Papers is a satirical novel by Charles Simmons that humorously portrays the inner workings and eccentricities of an English department at a small American college.
-
C.
On Becoming a Novelist
On Becoming a Novelist is a widely respected craft book in which John Gardner offers practical guidance and philosophical reflections on the life, discipline, and mindset of the fiction writer.
-
D.
The King of the Novel
The King of the Novel is a short piece by John Irving, included in his collection "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed," that reflects on the craft and stature of the novelist.
-
E.
The Biographer’s Tale
The Biographer’s Tale is a metafictional novel by A. S. Byatt that follows a disillusioned academic who abandons literary theory to investigate the elusive life of a Victorian biographer, blurring the boundaries between biography, history, and storytelling.
- F. None of above. chosen
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