The Lady of the Aroostook
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The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Lady of the Aroostook canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T319653 — 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 Lady of the Aroostook Context triple: [William Dean Howells, notableWork, The Lady of the Aroostook]
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A.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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B.
Evangeline
Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.
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C.
The Courtship of Miles Standish
The Courtship of Miles Standish is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that romanticizes early Pilgrim life through a love triangle set in the Plymouth Colony.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- 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 Lady of the Aroostook Target entity description: The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
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A.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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B.
Evangeline
Evangeline is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tragic story of an Acadian girl's lifelong search for her lost love amid the Great Upheaval.
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C.
The Courtship of Miles Standish
The Courtship of Miles Standish is a narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that romanticizes early Pilgrim life through a love triangle set in the Plymouth Colony.
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D.
Shirley
Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
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E.
Shirley
Shirley is an English surname of Old English origin that has also become a common given name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | William Dean Howells ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depicts |
courtship customs
ⓘ
transatlantic travel in the 19th century ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | book ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Captain Jenness
ⓘ
Charles Dunham ⓘ James Staniford ⓘ Lydia Blood ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Lydia Blood ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
realist novel
ⓘ
romance novel ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 19th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lydia Blood ⓘ |
| movement |
American literary realism
ⓘ
linked to:
Realism
|
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | William Dean Howells novels ⓘ |
| protagonistOrigin | New England ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1879 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
New England ⓘ transatlantic voyage ⓘ |
| theme |
American versus European culture
ⓘ
cultural contrast ⓘ gender roles ⓘ manners and social conventions ⓘ romance ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: The Lady of the Aroostook Description of subject: The Lady of the Aroostook is an 1879 novel by American author William Dean Howells that follows a young New England woman’s transatlantic voyage and explores themes of social class, romance, and cultural contrast.
Referenced by (9)
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