Before the Law

1915 short story by Franz Kafka
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Before the Law
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Before the Law

Summary

Before the Law is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Before the Law authored Franz Kafka[3].
  • Before the Law's image is recorded as CountryDoctor.jpg[4].
  • Before the Law's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Before the Law's genre is recorded as fantasy[6].
  • Before the Law's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 206251121[7].
  • Before the Law's GND ID is recorded as 4310505-1[8].
  • Before the Law's part of is recorded as The Trial[9].
  • Before the Law's language of work or name is recorded as German[10].
  • Before the Law's country of origin is recorded as Austria–Hungary[11].
  • Before the Law's publication date is recorded as +1915-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Before the Law's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025x4mh[13].
  • Before the Law's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 1614573[14].
  • Before the Law's published in is recorded as A Country Doctor[15].
  • Before the Law's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Vor dem Gesetz'}[16].
  • Before the Law's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Davanti alla legge'}[17].
  • Before the Law's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Before the law'}[18].
  • Before the Law's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Parabole de la Loi'}[19].
  • Before the Law's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Vor dem Gesetz steht ein Türhüter.'}[20].
  • Before the Law's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Der Türhüter erkennt, daß der Mann schon an seinem Ende ist und, um sein vergehendes Gehör noch zu erreichen, brüllt er ihn an: „Hier konnte niemand sonst Einlaß erhalten, denn dieser Eingang war nur für dich bestimmt. Ich gehe jetzt und schließe ihn.“'}[21].
  • Before the Law's form of creative work is recorded as Erzählung[22].
  • Before the Law's Kallías ID is recorded as AK00085236[23].

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Works and Contributions

Before the Law authored Franz Kafka[3].

Why It Matters

Before the Law ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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