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picaresque novel

type of literature, usually involves a lower-class young protagonist, on his own, often making a journey
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Summary

picaresque novel is a novel genre[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of novel genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,731 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: adventure novel[3], comic novel[4]
  • Commons category: Picaresque novel[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Picaresque novels[6]
  • Described by source: Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]

Why It Matters

picaresque novel has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → picaresque-literature
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: picaresque-literature, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950115|picaresque literature (#289950115)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → adventure novel, comic novel
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 16071, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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