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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

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In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

Summary

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays authored Bertrand Russell[3].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's publisher is recorded as Routledge[5].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's genre is recorded as essay[6].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's country of origin is recorded as England[8].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's publication date is recorded as +1935-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0h3p9bx[10].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's Open Library ID is recorded as OL1088554W[11].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays[12].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's has edition or translation is recorded as In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays[13].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's main subject is recorded as sociology[14].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's main subject is recorded as philosophy[15].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 63290[16].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays'}[17].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's Bitraga work ID is recorded as 4203[18].
  • In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1314555[19].

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Designation and Status

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (102 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Bertrand Russell England philosophy sociology

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  17. [19] ↑ . Goodreads. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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