A Reckoning
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A Reckoning is a historical novel by Linda Spalding that explores the moral and emotional turmoil of a Quaker family entangled with slavery in 19th-century America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Reckoning canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10391820 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: A Reckoning Context triple: [Linda Spalding, notableWork, A Reckoning]
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A.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning is a British television drama film in which Gina McKee plays a central role in a tense story of blackmail, moral conflict, and personal reckoning.
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B.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning is a historical legal thriller novel by John Grisham set in post-World War II Mississippi, exploring themes of justice, guilt, and the lingering scars of war.
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C.
Reckoning
Reckoning is a live acoustic album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1981 and featuring performances of many of their folk- and country-influenced songs.
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D.
The Black Reckoning
The Black Reckoning is a fantasy novel by John Stephens, the third book in his middle-grade series The Books of Beginning, which follows three siblings wielding powerful magical artifacts to confront an ancient evil.
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E.
The Repentance
The Repentance is an alternative English title used for a work whose primary name is "Repentance."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Reckoning Target entity description: A Reckoning is a historical novel by Linda Spalding that explores the moral and emotional turmoil of a Quaker family entangled with slavery in 19th-century America.
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A.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning is a British television drama film in which Gina McKee plays a central role in a tense story of blackmail, moral conflict, and personal reckoning.
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B.
The Reckoning
The Reckoning is a historical legal thriller novel by John Grisham set in post-World War II Mississippi, exploring themes of justice, guilt, and the lingering scars of war.
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C.
Reckoning
Reckoning is a live acoustic album by the Grateful Dead, released in 1981 and featuring performances of many of their folk- and country-influenced songs.
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D.
The Black Reckoning
The Black Reckoning is a fantasy novel by John Stephens, the third book in his middle-grade series The Books of Beginning, which follows three siblings wielding powerful magical artifacts to confront an ancient evil.
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E.
The Repentance
The Repentance is an alternative English title used for a work whose primary name is "Repentance."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Linda Spalding ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| explores |
complicity in systems of oppression
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moral and emotional turmoil caused by slavery ⓘ tension between pacifism and injustice ⓘ |
| genre | historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
Quaker abolitionists
ⓘ
enslaved people ⓘ slaveholders ⓘ |
| hasISBNType | ISBN-13 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
American history
ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ plantation life ⓘ race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryAward | Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize longlist ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Quaker beliefs
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family dynamics ⓘ guilt ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ responsibility ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| protagonistGroup | Quaker family ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland & Stewart
ⓘ
linked to:
McClelland and Stewart
Pantheon Books ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
American South
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| timePeriodDepicted | pre–American Civil War era ⓘ |
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