Cry, the Beloved Country

1948 novel by Alan Paton
Book literary_work Q2916551
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Summary

Cry, the Beloved Country is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,994 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cry, the Beloved Country authored Alan Paton[3].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's country of origin is recorded as South Africa[6].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country was released on December 1948[7].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's has edition or translation is recorded as Cry, the Beloved Country[8].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's has edition or translation is recorded as Cry, the Beloved Country[9].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's narrative location is recorded as South Africa[10].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's title is recorded as Cry, the Beloved Country[11].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's first line is recorded as There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.[12].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+36'}[13].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's last line is recorded as Ndotsheni is still in darkness, but the light will come there also. For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing. But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.[14].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[15].
  • Cry, the Beloved Country's form of creative work is recorded as novel[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 59910114-d94d-43c1-ac85-41ee676a430f[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Cry, the Beloved Country authored Alan Paton[3].

Publication

Cry, the Beloved Country was released on December 1948[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Why It Matters

Cry, the Beloved Country ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,994 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · BarryFemo · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Last line → Ndotsheni is still in darkness, but the light will come ther
    Publisher → —
    Internet archive id → —
    Number of parts of this work → {'amount': '+36'}
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: literary work"
  2. 16w ago · Ringbang · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    First line → There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
    Aliases → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Publication date → +1948-12-00T00:00:00Z
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ First line: There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills."
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