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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

2010 essay by Bill Bryson
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At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Summary

At Home: A Short History of Private Life is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life authored A Short History of Private Life — author (P50): Bill Bryson[3].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's instance of is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — instance of (P31): literary work[4].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's genre is A Short History of Private Life — genre (P136): essay[5].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's language of work or name is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — language of work or name (P407): English[6].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's country of origin is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — country of origin (P495): United States[7].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life was released on May 27, 2010[8].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's has edition or translation is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — has edition or translation (P747): At Home: A Short History of Private Life[9].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's has edition or translation is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — has edition or translation (P747): At Home: A Short History of Private Life[10].
  • At Home: A Short History of Private Life's title is recorded as At Home: A Short History of Private Life[11].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 45918c63-0b98-474c-b82b-74261fcb3985[13]

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Authorship and Creation

At Home: A Short History of Private Life authored A Short History of Private Life — author (P50): Bill Bryson[3].

Publication

At Home: A Short History of Private Life was published on May 27, 2010[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as A Short History of Private Life — language of work or name (P407): English[6]. Its genre is A Short History of Private Life — genre (P136): essay[5].

Why It Matters

At Home: A Short History of Private Life ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Bill Bryson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . 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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  1. 8w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 7800569
    Country of origin → United States
    Language of work or name → English
    Dewey decimal classification → 643.1
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q139857042]]"
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