The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
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The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking 1933 memoir by Gertrude Stein, written in the voice of her partner Alice B. Toklas, that vividly chronicles their lives among avant-garde artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas canonical | 8 |
| memoirs of Alice B. Toklas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2128100 — 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 Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Context triple: [Gertrude Stein, notableWork, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas]
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A.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir of his years as a young writer in 1920s Paris, celebrated for its vivid portraits of the city’s literary scene and its spare, reflective prose.
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B.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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C.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous is a 1992 Australian drama film that explores the emotional unraveling of a modern family, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gillian Armstrong.
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D.
Souvenirs intimes
Souvenirs intimes is a memoir by Fernande Olivier recounting her intimate relationship and life with Pablo Picasso during his early Paris years.
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E.
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 drama film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart that explores the rise and tragic fate of a Spanish dancer-turned-Hollywood star.
- 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 Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Target entity description: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking 1933 memoir by Gertrude Stein, written in the voice of her partner Alice B. Toklas, that vividly chronicles their lives among avant-garde artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
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A.
A Moveable Feast
A Moveable Feast is Ernest Hemingway’s posthumously published memoir of his years as a young writer in 1920s Paris, celebrated for its vivid portraits of the city’s literary scene and its spare, reflective prose.
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B.
La Joie de vivre
La Joie de vivre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores pessimism, suffering, and resilience within a bourgeois family in provincial France.
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C.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous is a 1992 Australian drama film that explores the emotional unraveling of a modern family, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gillian Armstrong.
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D.
Souvenirs intimes
Souvenirs intimes is a memoir by Fernande Olivier recounting her intimate relationship and life with Pablo Picasso during his early Paris years.
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E.
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 drama film starring Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart that explores the rise and tragic fate of a Spanish dancer-turned-Hollywood star.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical novel
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book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| author | Gertrude Stein ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
avant-garde artists
ⓘ
writers of the Lost Generation ⓘ
linked to:
Lost Generation
|
| describedAs | groundbreaking memoir ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Ernest Hemingway
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Ezra Pound ⓘ F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ Guillaume Apollinaire ⓘ Henri Matisse ⓘ Juan Gris ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Sherwood Anderson ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| form | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
ⓘ
memoir ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
artistic community
ⓘ
creative process ⓘ exile and expatriate life ⓘ gender and identity ⓘ partnership and domestic life ⓘ |
| influenced |
LGBTQ autobiographical writing
ⓘ
experimental memoirs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice B. Toklas
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Gertrude Stein ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person as Alice B. Toklas ⓘ |
| narrator | Alice B. Toklas ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being written in the voice of Alice B. Toklas
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innovative narrative voice ⓘ portrayal of Parisian artistic circles ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harcourt, Brace and Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Harcourt Brace & World
|
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Gertrude Stein's life
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literary modernism ⓘ modern art ⓘ relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered |
1900s
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1910s ⓘ 1920s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Description of subject: The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a groundbreaking 1933 memoir by Gertrude Stein, written in the voice of her partner Alice B. Toklas, that vividly chronicles their lives among avant-garde artists and writers in early 20th-century Paris.
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