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The Castle

novel by Franz Kafka
VisualArtwork literary_work Q682733
The Castle
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The Castle

Summary

The Castle is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Castle authored Franz Kafka[3].
  • The Castle's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Castle's instance of is recorded as unfinished novel[5].
  • The Castle's genre is philosophical fiction[6].
  • The Castle's genre is dystopian fiction[7].
  • The Castle's depicts is recorded as existentialism[8].
  • The Castle's Commons category is recorded as Kafka - Das Schloß (1926)[9].
  • The Castle's language of work or name is recorded as German[10].
  • The Castle's country of origin is recorded as Czechoslovakia[11].
  • The Castle's country of origin is recorded as Austria[12].
  • 1922 marks the founding of The Castle[13].
  • The Castle was published on 1926[14].
  • The Castle's characters is recorded as K.[15].
  • The Castle's has edition or translation is recorded as Q65016897[16].
  • The Castle's has edition or translation is recorded as Q65017004[17].
  • The Castle's has edition or translation is recorded as Q138028435[18].
  • The Castle's main subject is bureaucracy[19].
  • The Castle's main subject is château[20].
  • The Castle's main subject is government administration[21].
  • The Castle's main subject is anguish[22].
  • The Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Das Schloss'}[23].
  • The Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The castle'}[24].
  • The Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le château'}[25].
  • The Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'Zámek'}[26].
  • The Castle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Zamek'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Castle authored Franz Kafka[3].

Publication

The Castle was released on 1926[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as German[10]. Genres include philosophical fiction[6] and dystopian fiction[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include bureaucracy[19], château[20], government administration[21], and anguish[22].

Why It Matters

The Castle ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (972 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Austria Czechoslovakia Franz Kafka literary work public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Main subject → bureaucracy, château, government administration +1
    Publication date → +1926-00-00T00:00:00Z
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