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The Black Spider

novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842
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The Black Spider

Summary

The Black Spider is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Black Spider authored Jeremias Gotthelf[3].
  • The Black Spider's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Black Spider's genre is horror literature[5].
  • The Black Spider's genre is allegory[6].
  • The Black Spider's place of publication is recorded as Solothurn[7].
  • The Black Spider's language of work or name is recorded as German[8].
  • The Black Spider's country of origin is recorded as Switzerland[9].
  • 1842 marks the founding of The Black Spider[10].
  • The Black Spider was released on 1842[11].
  • The Black Spider's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/gotthelf/spinne/spinne.html[12].
  • The Black Spider's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Die schwarze Spinne'}[13].
  • The Black Spider's derivative work is recorded as Q763670[14].
  • The Black Spider's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • The Black Spider's copyright status is recorded as public domain[16].
  • The Black Spider's form of creative work is recorded as novella[17].

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.

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  • Release type: Prose[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cb5c9d4a-2f5a-479d-ac65-bb693ce0207d[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Black Spider authored Jeremias Gotthelf[3].

Publication

The Black Spider was published on 1842[11]. Its place of publication is recorded as Solothurn[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[8]. Genres include horror literature[5] and allegory[6].

Why It Matters

The Black Spider ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (226 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Jeremias Gotthelf literary work public domain Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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