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A Gentle Creature

novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Summary

A Gentle Creature is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,344 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3]
  • Followed by: The Brothers Karamazov[4]
  • Language of work or name: Russian[5]
  • Inception: 1876[6]
  • Publication date: 1876[7]
  • Has edition or translation: A Gentle Creature (Swedish edition)[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:A Gentle Creature[9]
  • Title: Кроткая[10]
  • Different from: Q30590715[11]
  • First line: ...Вот пока она здесь - еще всё хорошо: подхожу и смотрю поминутно; а унесут завтра и - как же я останусь один?[12]
  • Derivative work: Кроткая (фильм, 1992)[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • Form of creative work: narration[15], novella[16]

Why It Matters

A Gentle Creature has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

It has been cited as an influence by Lolita[19], a literary work[20], founded in 1950[21], written by Vladimir Nabokov[22].

FAQs

Who did A Gentle Creature influence?

A Gentle Creature has been cited as an influence by Lolita[19].

Related Entities

Fyodor Dostoyevsky literary work Lolita public domain The Brothers Karamazov

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 6d6b6939-cf94-4437-9a98-b11f771b94e2
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be_x_old', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'ka', 'kw', 'mk', '
    Sitelink count → 23
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  2. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Author → Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    Language of work or name → Russian
    Followed by → The Brothers Karamazov
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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