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As I Lay Dying

novel by William Faulkner
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1544119
As I Lay Dying
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As I Lay Dying

Summary

As I Lay Dying is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,309 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • As I Lay Dying authored William Faulkner[3].
  • As I Lay Dying's image is recorded as As I Lay Dying (1930 1st ed jacket cover).jpg[4].
  • As I Lay Dying's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • As I Lay Dying's genre is recorded as modernist literature[6].
  • As I Lay Dying's follows is recorded as The Sound and the Fury[7].
  • As I Lay Dying's followed by is recorded as Sanctuary[8].
  • As I Lay Dying's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 178482013[9].
  • As I Lay Dying's GND ID is recorded as 1249964385[10].
  • As I Lay Dying's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2006015877[11].
  • As I Lay Dying's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12048482g[12].
  • As I Lay Dying's Commons category is recorded as As I Lay Dying (Faulkner novel)[13].
  • As I Lay Dying's language of work or name is recorded as American English[14].
  • As I Lay Dying's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • As I Lay Dying's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • As I Lay Dying's publication date is recorded as +1930-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • As I Lay Dying's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vn_x[18].
  • As I Lay Dying's Open Library ID is recorded as OL82929W[19].
  • As I Lay Dying's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX1965796[20].
  • As I Lay Dying's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3360[21].
  • As I Lay Dying's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'As I Lay Dying'}[22].
  • As I Lay Dying's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Als ich im Sterben lag'}[23].
  • As I Lay Dying's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Tandis que j'agonise"}[24].
  • As I Lay Dying's different from is recorded as As I Lay Dying[25].
  • As I Lay Dying's BiblioNet publication ID is recorded as 277222[26].
  • As I Lay Dying's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as tandis-que-j-agonise[27].

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Works and Contributions

As I Lay Dying authored William Faulkner[3]. Things named for it include it[28], a musical group[29], founded in 2000[30].

Why It Matters

As I Lay Dying ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,309 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include it[28], a musical group[29], founded in 2000[30].

Related Entities

literary work The Sound and the Fury United States William Faulkner

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . 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. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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