Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
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"Shadows of the Workhouse" is Jennifer Worth’s memoir that continues her recollections of midwifery and social conditions in London’s East End, focusing on the harsh legacy of the workhouse system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth | 1 |
| Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth canonical | 1 |
| memoirs of Jennifer Worth | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth Context triple: [Call the Midwife, basedOn, Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth]
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- 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)
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Target entity: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth Target entity description: "Shadows of the Workhouse" is Jennifer Worth’s memoir that continues her recollections of midwifery and social conditions in London’s East End, focusing on the harsh legacy of the workhouse system.
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A.
Coram's Fields
Coram's Fields is a unique seven-acre children's park and playground in central London that only allows adults to enter when accompanied by a child.
-
B.
Cathy Come Home
Cathy Come Home is a landmark 1966 British television drama directed by Ken Loach that powerfully exposed issues of homelessness and social injustice, influencing public opinion and housing policy in the UK.
-
C.
Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain is a Booker Prize–winning debut novel by Douglas Stuart that portrays a young boy’s coming-of-age amid poverty, addiction, and family struggle in 1980s Glasgow.
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D.
Odour of Chrysanthemums
Odour of Chrysanthemums is a short story by D. H. Lawrence that explores themes of marital alienation, industrial hardship, and emotional awakening in an English mining community.
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E.
Maggie’s Farm
"Maggie’s Farm" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song, emblematic of his electric folk-rock shift and noted for its rebellious, anti-establishment lyrics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television episodes of Call the Midwife ⓘ |
| author | Jennifer Worth ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jennifer Worth’s experiences as a midwife ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
conditions in British workhouses
ⓘ
former workhouse children ⓘ post-war British welfare state transition ⓘ |
| followedBy | Farewell to the East End ⓘ |
| follows | Call the Midwife ⓘ |
| genre |
medical memoir
ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Jennifer Worth ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
history of medicine in Britain
ⓘ
nursing ⓘ social history of 20th-century London ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
class and inequality
ⓘ
compassion in healthcare ⓘ impact of the Poor Laws ⓘ legacy of institutionalization ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
elderly former workhouse inmates
ⓘ
midwifery ⓘ poverty ⓘ social conditions in London’s East End ⓘ workhouse system in Britain ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson ⓘ |
| partOf |
Call the Midwife book series
ⓘ
linked to:
Call the Midwife
|
| publicationDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| publisher | Phoenix ⓘ |
| series |
Call the Midwife trilogy
ⓘ
linked to:
Call the Midwife
|
| settingLocation |
East End of London
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1950s ⓘ |
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linked to: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
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