A House for Mr Biswas

1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul
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A House for Mr Biswas

Summary

A House for Mr Biswas is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A House for Mr Biswas authored V. S. Naipaul[3].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's publisher is recorded as André Deutsch[5].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[6].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's publication date is recorded as +1961-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hdtr[8].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Open Library ID is recorded as OL9920252W[9].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 10057[10].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-House-for-Mr-Biswas[11].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as une-maison-pour-mr-biswas[12].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "AHouseForMrBiswas"][13].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's form of creative work is recorded as novel[14].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 2927347[15].
  • A House for Mr Biswas's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 119600[16].

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Designation and Status

A House for Mr Biswas's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

A House for Mr Biswas ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-house-for-mr-biswas_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A House for Mr Biswas}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-house-for-mr-biswas}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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