On Fairy-Stories

essay by J. R. R. Tolkien
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On Fairy-Stories

Summary

On Fairy-Stories is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • On Fairy-Stories authored J. R. R. Tolkien[3].
  • On Fairy-Stories's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • On Fairy-Stories's genre is recorded as essay[5].
  • On Fairy-Stories's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • On Fairy-Stories's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[7].
  • On Fairy-Stories's publication date is recorded as +1947-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • On Fairy-Stories's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05pl5[9].
  • On Fairy-Stories's Open Library ID is recorded as OL17390381W[10].
  • On Fairy-Stories's Internet Archive ID is recorded as on-fairy-stories_202110[11].
  • On Fairy-Stories's work available at URL is recorded as https://archive.org/details/on-fairy-stories_202110/mode/1up[12].
  • On Fairy-Stories's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'On Fairy-Stories'}[13].
  • On Fairy-Stories's FantLab work ID is recorded as 2253[14].
  • On Fairy-Stories's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 64141417[15].
  • On Fairy-Stories's Tolkien Gateway ID is recorded as On_Fairy-Stories[16].

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Works and Contributions

On Fairy-Stories authored J. R. R. Tolkien[3].

Why It Matters

On Fairy-Stories ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (202 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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