Light in August

novel by William Faulkner
Place written_work Q1823273
Light in August
Illustration by Arthur Hawkins (signature at bottom right). Published in New York by Harrison Smith and Robert Haas. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Light in August

Summary

Light in August is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Light in August authored William Faulkner[3].
  • Light in August's image is recorded as Light in August (1932 dust jacket cover).jpg[4].
  • Light in August's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • Light in August's genre is recorded as Southern Gothic[6].
  • Light in August's follows is recorded as Sanctuary[7].
  • Light in August's followed by is recorded as Pylon[8].
  • Light in August's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12296749c[9].
  • Light in August's language of work or name is recorded as American English[10].
  • Light in August's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Light in August's publication date is recorded as +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Light in August's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/014j0g[13].
  • Light in August's Open Library ID is recorded as OL82931W[14].
  • Light in August's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3384[15].
  • Light in August's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Light-in-August[16].
  • Light in August's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Light in August'}[17].
  • Light in August's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Book", "LightInAugust"][18].
  • Light in August's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Literature/LightInAugust[19].
  • Light in August's FantLab work ID is recorded as 195002[20].
  • Light in August's form of creative work is recorded as novel[21].
  • Light in August's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 813.52[22].
  • Light in August's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1595500[23].
  • Light in August's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 48397[24].
  • Light in August's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 42858[25].
  • Light in August's Yale LUX ID is recorded as text/b8fea6f0-1fc8-416d-8378-f866fb2ad75e[26].

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Designation and Status

Light in August's instance of is recorded as written work[5].

Why It Matters

Light in August ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . openlibrary.org. Retrieved . openlibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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