The Battle of the Books

book by Jonathan Swift
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The Battle of the Books

Summary

The Battle of the Books is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Battle of the Books authored Jonathan Swift[3].
  • The Battle of the Books's image is recorded as Tale-Title.gif[4].
  • The Battle of the Books's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • The Battle of the Books's instance of is recorded as creative work[6].
  • The Battle of the Books's genre is recorded as polemical lampoon[7].
  • The Battle of the Books's Commons category is recorded as The Battle of the Books[8].
  • The Battle of the Books's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Battle of the Books's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • The Battle of the Books's publication date is recorded as +1704-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • The Battle of the Books's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/027cpn[12].
  • The Battle of the Books's has edition or translation is recorded as The Battle of the Books; with selections from the literature of the Phalaris controversy[13].
  • The Battle of the Books's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • The Battle of the Books's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[15].
  • The Battle of the Books's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Battle-of-the-Books-by-Swift[16].
  • The Battle of the Books's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Battle of the Books'}[17].
  • The Battle of the Books's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '書物合戦'}[18].
  • The Battle of the Books's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Whoever examines with due circumspection into the Annual Records of Time, will find it remarked that War is the child of Pride, and Pride the daughter of Riches; the former of which assertions may be soon granted, but one cannot so easily subscribe to the latter, for pride is nearly related to beggary and want, either by father or mother, and sometimes by both;'}[19].
  • The Battle of the Books's Project Gutenberg ebook ID is recorded as 9270[20].
  • The Battle of the Books's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Farewell, beloved, loving pair; few equals have you left behind: and happy and immortal shall you be, if all my wit and eloquence can make you. And now … DESUNT COETERA.'}[21].
  • The Battle of the Books's copyright status is recorded as public domain[22].
  • The Battle of the Books's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • The Battle of the Books's FantLab work ID is recorded as 178988[24].
  • The Battle of the Books's Yale LUX ID is recorded as text/63679ecb-5f42-4c8f-8f18-0c4ff1476ef3[25].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[5] and creative work[6].

Why It Matters

The Battle of the Books ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month).[2]

References

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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