Beyond the Wall

short story by Ambrose Bierce
VisualArtwork literary_work Q20007820
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Beyond the Wall

Summary

Beyond the Wall is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beyond the Wall authored Ambrose Bierce[3].
  • Beyond the Wall's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Beyond the Wall's genre is recorded as horror literature[5].
  • Beyond the Wall's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • Beyond the Wall's publication date is recorded as +1907-12-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Beyond the Wall's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 665341[8].
  • Beyond the Wall's title is recorded as Beyond the Wall[9].
  • Beyond the Wall's first line is recorded as Many years ago, on my way from Hongkong to New York, I passed a week in San Francisco. A long time had gone by since I had been in that city, during which my ventures in the Orient had prospered beyond my hope; I was rich and could afford to revisit my own country to renew my friendship with such of the companions of my youth as still lived and remembered me with the old affection.[10].
  • Beyond the Wall's last line is recorded as When Dampier had finished his story I could think of nothing relevant that I cared to say, and to question him would have been a hideous impertinence. I rose and bade him good night in a way to convey to him a sense of my sympathy, which he silently acknowledged by a pressure of the hand. That night, alone with his sorrow and remorse, he passed into the Unknown.[11].
  • Beyond the Wall's FantLab work ID is recorded as 25782[12].
  • Beyond the Wall's form of creative work is recorded as short story[13].

Body

Works and Contributions

Beyond the Wall authored Ambrose Bierce[3].

Why It Matters

Beyond the Wall ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_beyond-the-wall-q20007820_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Beyond the Wall}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/beyond-the-wall-q20007820}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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