Charles Swann
E741293
Charles Swann is a cultivated, socially prominent Parisian aesthete whose obsessive love affair and complex inner life form one of the central narrative threads in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Swann canonical | 6 |
| Charles Alexander Swann | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545741 — 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: Charles Swann Context triple: [In Search of Lost Time, keyCharacter, Charles Swann]
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A.
Alcée Arobin
Alcée Arobin is a charming, seductive Creole womanizer in Kate Chopin’s novel "The Awakening," who becomes Edna Pontellier’s lover and symbolizes her exploration of sexual freedom.
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B.
Emile de Becque
Emile de Becque is a central character in the musical "South Pacific," portrayed as a wealthy, middle-aged French plantation owner living on a South Pacific island.
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C.
Victor Meynard
Victor Meynard is a middle-aged, solitary professional hitman whose life is upended when he unexpectedly becomes a mentor and protector in the French comedy film "Cible émouvante."
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D.
Pierre Boulanger
Pierre Boulanger is a French actor best known for his breakout role as the young lead in the film "Monsieur Ibrahim."
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E.
Lucien de Rubempré
Lucien de Rubempré is an ambitious but ultimately tragic young poet and social climber in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rise and fall epitomize the corrupting allure of Parisian high society.
- 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: Charles Swann Target entity description: Charles Swann is a cultivated, socially prominent Parisian aesthete whose obsessive love affair and complex inner life form one of the central narrative threads in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.
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A.
Alcée Arobin
Alcée Arobin is a charming, seductive Creole womanizer in Kate Chopin’s novel "The Awakening," who becomes Edna Pontellier’s lover and symbolizes her exploration of sexual freedom.
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B.
Emile de Becque
Emile de Becque is a central character in the musical "South Pacific," portrayed as a wealthy, middle-aged French plantation owner living on a South Pacific island.
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C.
Victor Meynard
Victor Meynard is a middle-aged, solitary professional hitman whose life is upended when he unexpectedly becomes a mentor and protector in the French comedy film "Cible émouvante."
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D.
Pierre Boulanger
Pierre Boulanger is a French actor best known for his breakout role as the young lead in the film "Monsieur Ibrahim."
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E.
Lucien de Rubempré
Lucien de Rubempré is an ambitious but ultimately tragic young poet and social climber in Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine, whose rise and fall epitomize the corrupting allure of Parisian high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Proust character
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
In Search of Lost Time
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linked to:
À la recherche du temps perdu
Swann's Way ⓘ
linked to:
Swann’s Way
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| associatedWith |
theme of illusion in love
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theme of social snobbery ⓘ theme of time ⓘ |
| basedOn | Charles Haas ⓘ |
| centralThemeIn |
analysis of memory
ⓘ
depiction of obsessive love ⓘ exploration of jealousy ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
cultivated
ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ jealous ⓘ self‑tormenting ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| createdBy | Marcel Proust ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Du côté de chez Swann ⓘ |
| friendOf |
Charles Haas (real-life model)
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linked to:
Charles Haas
Narrator's family ⓘ |
| hasChild | Gilberte Swann ⓘ |
| hasEducation | highly educated ⓘ |
| hasInnerLife | complex psychological introspection ⓘ |
| healthStatus | suffers from illness later in life ⓘ |
| interestedIn |
literature
ⓘ
music ⓘ painting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultivated taste
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obsessive love affair with Odette de Crécy ⓘ |
| language | French (in original text) ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | modernist literature ⓘ |
| loveInterest | Odette de Crécy ⓘ |
| movesIn | Faubourg Saint‑Germain society ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
link between bourgeois and aristocratic worlds
ⓘ
protagonist of the section 'Swann in Love' ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
aesthete
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art connoisseur ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | assimilated Jew in Parisian high society ⓘ |
| religiousBackground | Jewish origin ⓘ |
| residence | Paris ⓘ |
| setIn |
Third Republic France
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linked to:
French Third Republic
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| socialCircle |
Guermantes aristocratic circle
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Verdurin salon ⓘ |
| socialStatus | socially prominent ⓘ |
| spouse | Odette de Crécy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Charles Swann Description of subject: Charles Swann is a cultivated, socially prominent Parisian aesthete whose obsessive love affair and complex inner life form one of the central narrative threads in Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time
linked to: Charles Swann
linked to: Charles Swann