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The Castle

novel by Franz Kafka
Creative Work Literary Work Q682733
The Castle
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
literary work, unfinished novel[3]
Inception
1922[10]
Author
Franz Kafka[2]
Genre
philosophical fiction, dystopian fiction[4][5]
Language of work or name
German[7]
Publication date
1926[11]
Characters
K.[12]
Copyright status
public domain[37]
Country of origin
Czechoslovakia, Austria[8][9]
Depicts
existentialism[6]
Different from
Zamek[34]
First line
Es war spät abends, als K. ankam[35]
Form of creative work
novel[38]
Has version, edition or translation
Das Schloß, Zámek, Q138028435[13][14][15]
Last line
K. war schon im Flur, und Gerstäcker hielt ihn wieder am Ärmel fest, als die Wirtin ihm nachrief: »Ich bekomme morgen ein neues Kleid, vielleicht lasse ich dich holen.«[36]
Main subject
bureaucracy, château, government administration, anguish[16][17][18][19]
Title
Das Schloss, The castle, Le château, Zámek, Zamek, Kështjella, Castelul, Il castello, Slottet, Höllin, Het slot, El castillo, O castelo, Şato, A kastély, Pils, Pilis, Dvorac, Zamak, Zamok, Lâu đài, Seong, Qaṣr, Shiro, El castell, Ho pyrgos, Cheng bao, Zamăkăt, Linna, Grad, al- Qalʿa[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
🏷️ Also known as
en The Castle ar القلعة cs Zámek da Slottet de Das Schloß de Das Schloss el Ο Πύργος es El castillo fa قصر fi Linna fr Das Schloss fr Das Schloß fr Le Chateau fr Le Château he הטירה hu A kastély id Kastil (novel) it Il castello ja 城 ko 성
🔖 Identifiers · 30
VIAF cluster ID
179716704
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2009042775
GND ID
4099251-2
BBC Things ID
f7268f73-9d1a-4da8-b1aa-255bfa121c36
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11953742g
Bookogs work ID
405178
Douban book works ID
1010763
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/The-Castle-novel-by-Kafka
Freebase ID
/m/02n18t
Goodreads work ID
17778410
IDU literary work ID
424
ISFDB title ID
1485916
Show all 30 identifiers +18
IdRef ID
027513742
J9U entity ID
987007522291205171
Kallías ID
AK00033188
Libraries Australia ID
35175393
LibraryThing work ID
9615
NL CR AUT ID
aun2006373026
NUKAT ID
n2014048481
National Library of Chile ID
000090058
National Library of Ireland ID
vtls001394014
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*375748;=BU
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810705000905606
NooSFere book ID
14881
OCLC work ID (obsolete)
614297
Open Library ID
OL498434W, OL35413719W
Penguin Random House work ID
89248
Quora topic ID
The-Castle
RILM ID
413596
SVKKL authority ID
0330051-Kafka-Franz-18831924

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🔗 Connections
Main subject 4
bureaucracy, château, anguish, government administration
Country of origin 2
Austria, Czechoslovakia
Author 1
Franz Kafka
Copyright status 1
public domain
Created notable works 1
Franz Kafka
Depicts 1
existentialism
Different from 1
Zamek
Form of creative work 1
novel
Genre 1
philosophical fiction
Instance of 1
literary work
Language of work or name 1
German
← Based on 1
The Castle
← Cites work 1
Guilty of Romance
← Inspired by 1
Guilty of Romance
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Summary

The Castle is a literary work[1].

Related Entities

Austria Czechoslovakia Franz Kafka literary work public domain

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  34. [35] ↑ . kafka.org. kafka.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . projekt-gutenberg.org. projekt-gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 26w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → bureaucracy, château, government administration +1
    Publication date → 1926
    Author → Franz Kafka
    Inception → 1922
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