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The Blue Cross

short story by G.K. Chesterton
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Summary

The Blue Cross is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: G. K. Chesterton[3]
  • Language of work or name: British English[4]
  • Publication date: September 1910[5]
  • Characters: Father Brown[6], Flambeau[7]
  • Published in: The Innocence of Father Brown[8]
  • Copyright status: public domain[9]
  • Form of creative work: short story[10]

Why It Matters

The Blue Cross is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 2d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → public domain, public domain
    Wikidata description → short story by G.K. Chesterton
    Publication date → +1910-09-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase id → /m/0b3jlt
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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