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The Landlady

short story by Roald Dahl
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Summary

The Landlady is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,786 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Roald Dahl[3]
  • Genre: horror fiction[4]
  • Publication date: November 28, 1959[5]
  • Published in: The New Yorker[6], Kiss Kiss[7], Q140452676[8]
  • Title: The Landlady[9]
  • Form of creative work: short story[10]

Why It Matters

The Landlady has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

literary work Roald Dahl

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . newyorker.com. newyorker.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Landlady. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-landlady
MLA “The Landlady.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-landlady.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-landlady_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Landlady}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-landlady}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'nl', 'pt', 'simple', 'uk', 'ur', 'zh']
    Bookbrainz work id → 0b30f7cd-20d8-44e0-9790-bcdf064214b7
    Sitelink count → 8
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 14w ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → The New Yorker, Kiss Kiss, Q140452676
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Published in: Q140452676"
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