The Canterville Ghost

short story by Oscar Wilde
VisualArtwork literary_work Q288020
The Canterville Ghost
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Summary

The Canterville Ghost is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,661 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Oscar Wilde[3]
  • Genre: historical prose literature[4]
  • Commons category: The Canterville Ghost[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: 1887[8]
  • Publication date: 1887[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Duch z Kenterwilu[10], Dorian Grays porträtt : Spöket på Canterville[11], Q124804759[12], Q138610756[13], The Canterville Ghost[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Canterville Ghost[15]
  • Work available at URL: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/oscar-wilde/lord-arthur-saviles-crime-and-other-stories/text/the-canterville-ghost[16]
  • Title: The Canterville Ghost[17]
  • Derivative work: The Canterville Ghost[18], Duch z Canterville[19], The Ghost of Cibrián-Mahler[20]
  • Copyright status: public domain[21]
  • Form of creative work: short story[22]

Why It Matters

The Canterville Ghost has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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