The Bottle Imp

1891 short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Bottle Imp
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The Bottle Imp

Summary

The Bottle Imp is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Bottle Imp authored Robert Louis Stevenson[3].
  • The Bottle Imp's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Bottle Imp's based on is recorded as The Spiritus Familiaris[5].
  • The Bottle Imp's Commons category is recorded as The Bottle Imp[6].
  • The Bottle Imp's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The Bottle Imp's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[8].
  • The Bottle Imp was released on 1891[9].
  • The Bottle Imp's narrative location is recorded as Kingdom of Hawaiʻi[10].
  • The Bottle Imp's main subject is genie in a bottle[11].
  • The Bottle Imp's main subject is imp[12].
  • The Bottle Imp's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/stevenso/flaschen/flaschen.html[13].
  • The Bottle Imp's published in is recorded as Island Nights' Entertainments[14].
  • The Bottle Imp's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Bottle Imp'}[15].
  • The Bottle Imp's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'There was a man of the island of Hawaii, whom I shall call Keawe; for the truth is, he still lives, and his name must be kept secret; but the place of his birth was not far from Honaunau, where the bones of Keawe the Great lie hidden in a cave.'}[16].
  • The Bottle Imp's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'But Keawe ran to Kokua light as the wind; and great was their joy that night; and great, since then, has been the peace of all their days in the Bright House.'}[17].
  • The Bottle Imp's derivative work is recorded as The Bottle Imp[18].
  • The Bottle Imp's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • The Bottle Imp's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • The Bottle Imp's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • The Bottle Imp's form of creative work is recorded as short story[22].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Bottle Imp authored Robert Louis Stevenson[3].

Publication

The Bottle Imp was published on 1891[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include genie in a bottle[11] and imp[12].

Why It Matters

The Bottle Imp ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in Pittsburgh Dispatch, Island Nights' Entertainments
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q139814935]]"
  2. 20d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of literary work
    Narrative location Kingdom of Hawaiʻi
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    Author Robert Louis Stevenson
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ro, uk */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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