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The Town

1957 novel by William Faulkner
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Summary

The Town is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (340 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: William Faulkner[3]
  • Publisher: Random House[4]
  • Follows: The Hamlet[5], A Fable[6]
  • Followed by: The Mansion[7]
  • Part of the series: Snopes trilogy[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Inception: 1957[11]
  • Publication date: 1957[12]
  • Has edition or translation: The Town[13], Q141753659[14]
  • Title: The Town[15]
  • Form of creative work: novel[16]

Why It Matters

The Town has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

literary work United States William Faulkner

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 7h ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'ru', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 6
    Has edition or translation → The Town, Q141753659
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Has edition or translation: Q141753659"
  2. 7w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Penguin random house work id → 48429
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Penguin random house work id: 48429, add Penguin Random House work ID"
  3. 21w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → English
    Publication date → +1957-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی ٹاؤن (فاکنر ناول)]]"
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