Five Little Pigs

1942 novel by Agatha Christie
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Five Little Pigs

Summary

Five Little Pigs is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Five Little Pigs authored Agatha Christie[3].
  • Five Little Pigs's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Five Little Pigs was published by Dodd, Mead & Co.[5].
  • Five Little Pigs's genre is detective fiction[6].
  • Five Little Pigs followed The Body in the Library[7].
  • Five Little Pigs was followed by The Moving Finger[8].
  • Five Little Pigs's part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[9].
  • Five Little Pigs's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Five Little Pigs's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • Five Little Pigs was released on May 1942[12].
  • Five Little Pigs's characters is recorded as Hercule Poirot[13].
  • Five Little Pigs's has edition or translation is recorded as Q133026978[14].
  • Five Little Pigs's main subject is jealousy[15].
  • Five Little Pigs's main subject is deliberate poisoning[16].
  • Five Little Pigs's main subject is adultery[17].
  • Five Little Pigs's main subject is cold case[18].
  • Five Little Pigs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Five Little Pigs'}[19].
  • Five Little Pigs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Poirot Desvenda o Passado'}[20].
  • Five Little Pigs's derivative work is recorded as Five Little Pigs[21].
  • Five Little Pigs's form of creative work is recorded as novel[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8ffe2e29-6fd3-4a6e-b3e1-b7fce422e811[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Five Little Pigs authored Agatha Christie[3]. It was published by Dodd, Mead & Co.[5].

Publication

Five Little Pigs was published on May 1942[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is detective fiction[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[9].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include jealousy[15], deliberate poisoning[16], adultery[17], and cold case[18]. Five Little Pigs's part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Five Little Pigs followed The Body in the Library[7]. It was followed by The Moving Finger[8].

Why It Matters

Five Little Pigs ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,337 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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