Anna of the Five Towns
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Anna of the Five Towns is a 1902 realist novel by Arnold Bennett that portrays the constrained life and moral struggles of a young woman in the industrial Potteries district of Staffordshire, England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anna of the Five Towns canonical | 18 |
| "Anna of the Five Towns" | 2 |
| "Anna of the Five Towns" (1902 novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2898318 — 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: Anna of the Five Towns Context triple: [Arnold Bennett, notableWork, Anna of the Five Towns]
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A.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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B.
Maud
Maud is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by European royalty and nobility.
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C.
Sarah Gore
Sarah Gore is the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his then-wife Tipper Gore.
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D.
Agnes of Sorrento
Agnes of Sorrento is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe set in Renaissance Italy, exploring themes of faith, love, and moral conflict.
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E.
Susanna Hall
Susanna Hall was the eldest daughter of William Shakespeare, known primarily for her connection to the famous playwright and her role in managing the family’s affairs in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- 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: Anna of the Five Towns Target entity description: Anna of the Five Towns is a 1902 realist novel by Arnold Bennett that portrays the constrained life and moral struggles of a young woman in the industrial Potteries district of Staffordshire, England.
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A.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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B.
Maud
Maud is a feminine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by European royalty and nobility.
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C.
Sarah Gore
Sarah Gore is the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and his then-wife Tipper Gore.
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D.
Agnes of Sorrento
Agnes of Sorrento is a historical novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe set in Renaissance Italy, exploring themes of faith, love, and moral conflict.
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E.
Susanna Hall
Susanna Hall was the eldest daughter of William Shakespeare, known primarily for her connection to the famous playwright and her role in managing the family’s affairs in Stratford-upon-Avon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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realist novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | radio adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Arnold Bennett ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
Nonconformist religious culture
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industrial life in the Potteries ⓘ working-class conditions ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
a young woman’s constrained life
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conflict between personal desire and religious duty ⓘ |
| genre |
domestic fiction
ⓘ
realist fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Agnes Tellwright
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Ephraim Tellwright ⓘ Henry Mynors ⓘ Titus Price ⓘ Willie Price ⓘ |
| hasMoralConflict |
responsibility toward debtors
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use of inherited wealth ⓘ |
| hasSettingFeature |
Methodist chapel
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earthenware factories ⓘ terraced streets of the Potteries ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Anna ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early major work of Arnold Bennett ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Anna Tellwright ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns novels
ⓘ
linked to:
Arnold Bennett’s Five Towns cycle
|
| protagonist | Anna Tellwright ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| publisher | Methuen & Co. ⓘ |
| setInFictionalizedRegionOf |
Stoke-on-Trent Potteries district
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linked to:
Staffordshire Potteries
|
| settingLocation |
England
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Staffordshire ⓘ The Potteries ⓘ
linked to:
Staffordshire Potteries
|
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
economic power and control
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family duty ⓘ female autonomy ⓘ moral struggle ⓘ religious constraint ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Anna of the Five Towns Description of subject: Anna of the Five Towns is a 1902 realist novel by Arnold Bennett that portrays the constrained life and moral struggles of a young woman in the industrial Potteries district of Staffordshire, England.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Marguerite Soulié
linked to: Anna of the Five Towns
linked to: Anna of the Five Towns