Taken at the Flood

1948 novel by Agatha Christie
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Taken at the Flood
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Taken at the Flood

Summary

Taken at the Flood is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (791 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taken at the Flood authored Agatha Christie[3].
  • Taken at the Flood is the creator of Agatha Christie[4].
  • Taken at the Flood's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Taken at the Flood was published by Dodd, Mead & Co.[6].
  • Taken at the Flood's genre is crime fiction[7].
  • Taken at the Flood's genre is detective fiction[8].
  • Taken at the Flood followed The Labours of Hercules[9].
  • Taken at the Flood was followed by The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories[10].
  • Taken at the Flood's part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[11].
  • Taken at the Flood's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Taken at the Flood's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[13].
  • Taken at the Flood was published on 1948[14].
  • Taken at the Flood's characters is recorded as Hercule Poirot[15].
  • Taken at the Flood's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Taken at the Flood'}[16].
  • Taken at the Flood's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Arrastado na Torrente'}[17].
  • Taken at the Flood's derivative work is recorded as Taken at the Flood[18].
  • Taken at the Flood's form of creative work is recorded as novel[19].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3a9321aa-4dbc-45c7-8c44-168f60a6de3e[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Taken at the Flood authored Agatha Christie[3]. It was published by Dodd, Mead & Co.[6]. It is the creator of Agatha Christie[4].

Publication

Taken at the Flood was published on 1948[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include crime fiction[7] and detective fiction[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[11].

Subject and Themes

Taken at the Flood's part of the series is recorded as canon of Hercule Poirot[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Taken at the Flood followed The Labours of Hercules[9]. It was followed by The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories[10].

Why It Matters

Taken at the Flood ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (791 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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