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The Body Snatcher

short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Summary

The Body Snatcher is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (628 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Robert Louis Stevenson[3]
  • Genre: horror fiction[4]
  • Language of work or name: English[5]
  • Country of origin: Scotland[6]
  • Publication date: December 1, 1884[7]
  • Published in: Pall Mall Gazette[8], Tales and Fantasies[9], Intensive Scare[10], The Penguin Book of Horror Stories[11], The Haunted Looking Glass[12]
  • Title: The Body Snatcher[13]
  • Copyright status: public domain[14]
  • Form of creative work: short story[15]

Why It Matters

The Body Snatcher has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

literary work public domain Robert Louis Stevenson Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bookbrainz work id → 71fc815a-d7f2-49fc-85c4-de3f4ffccb21
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ro', 'ru', 'uk', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 11
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