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Rain

short story by William Somerset Maugham
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Summary

Rain is a literary work[1]. Rain ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (470 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: William Somerset Maugham[3]
  • Commons category: Rain (short story)[4]
  • Language of work or name: British English[5]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[6]
  • Publication date: 1921[7]
  • Described by source: Operas in English: A Dictionary[8]
  • Title: Rain[9]
  • Derivative work: Rain[10]
  • Copyright status: public domain[11]
  • Form of creative work: short story[12]

Why It Matters

Rain has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Rain is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

literary work public domain United Kingdom William Somerset Maugham

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Podbrushkin · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    Fantlab work id → 179206
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'fa', 'hy', 'id', 'lt', 'pt', 'uk', 'ur', 'uz']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fantlab work id: 179206, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1792037579142"
  2. 5w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → William Somerset Maugham
    Instance of → literary work
    Language of work or name → British English
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Title: Rain"
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