A Painful Case

short story by James Joyce
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A Painful Case

Summary

A Painful Case is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Painful Case authored James Joyce[3].
  • A Painful Case's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Painful Case followed Clay[5].
  • A Painful Case was followed by Ivy Day in the Committee Room[6].
  • A Painful Case's part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].
  • A Painful Case's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • A Painful Case was published on 1914[9].
  • A Painful Case's described by source is recorded as Brain contusion/sudden cardiopulmonary arrest syndrome in A Painful Case from James Joyce's Dubliners.[10].
  • A Painful Case's described by source is recorded as James Joyce's Painful Case[11].
  • A Painful Case's published in is recorded as Dubliners[12].
  • A Painful Case's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Painful Case'}[13].
  • A Painful Case's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mr James Duffy lived in Chapelizod because he wished to live as far as possible from the city of which he was a citizen and because he found all the other suburbs of Dublin mean, modern and pretentious.'}[14].
  • A Painful Case's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'He felt that he was alone.'}[15].
  • A Painful Case's copyright status is recorded as public domain[16].
  • A Painful Case's copyright status is recorded as public domain[17].
  • A Painful Case's form of creative work is recorded as short story[18].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 343d2059-03fb-497e-83a8-51ca752d6051[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Painful Case authored James Joyce[3].

Publication

A Painful Case was published on 1914[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].

Subject and Themes

A Painful Case's part of the series is recorded as Dubliners[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Painful Case followed Clay[5]. It was followed by Ivy Day in the Committee Room[6].

Why It Matters

A Painful Case ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (120 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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    Form of creative work short story
    Followed by Ivy Day in the Committee Room
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