The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

novel by Jan Potocki
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1213293
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
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Summary

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,672 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jan Potocki[3]
  • Instance of: unfinished novel[4]
  • Genre: picaresque novel[5], story within a story[6], Gothic novel[7]
  • Language of work or name: French[8]
  • Country of origin: France[9], Poland[10], Russia[11]
  • Inception: 1797[12]
  • Publication date: 1805[13]
  • Translator: Edmund Chojecki[14]
  • Has edition or translation: The Manuscript Found in Saragossa[15], Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie[16], Q140076674[17]
  • Narrative location: Sierra Morena[18], Madrid[19]
  • Work available at URL: https://eto.box/book/14214e92191d9fe741e5b1990669c8a8[20]
  • Title: Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse[21], Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie[22]
  • Derivative work: The Saragossa Manuscript[23], La Duchesse d'Avila[24]
  • Copyright status: public domain[25]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for The Manuscript Found in Saragossa include Memoirs Found in a Bathtub[26], a literary work[27], written by Stanisław Lem[28].

Why It Matters

The Manuscript Found in Saragossa has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for it include Memoirs Found in a Bathtub[26], a literary work[27], written by Stanisław Lem[28].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 18
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'la', 'pl', 'pt', 'ro', 'ru', '
    Derivative work → The Saragossa Manuscript, La Duchesse d'Avila
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  2. 7w ago · Filesdotcomgigs · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has edition or translation → The Manuscript Found in Saragossa, Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, Q140076674
    Work available at url → https://eto.box/book/14214e92191d9fe741e5b1990669c8a8
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  3. 23w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Sierra Morena, Madrid
    Country of origin → —
    Copyright status → public domain, public domain
    Translator → Edmund Chojecki
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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