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The City and the Pillar

novel by Gore Vidal
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The City and the Pillar

Summary

The City and the Pillar is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The City and the Pillar authored Gore Vidal[3].
  • The City and the Pillar's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The City and the Pillar's publisher is recorded as Dutton[5].
  • The City and the Pillar's genre is recorded as Q3139891[6].
  • The City and the Pillar's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • The City and the Pillar's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The City and the Pillar's publication date is recorded as +1948-01-10T00:00:00Z[9].
  • The City and the Pillar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022_l3[10].
  • The City and the Pillar's Open Library ID is recorded as OL98031W[11].
  • The City and the Pillar's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 25870[12].
  • The City and the Pillar's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 2342440[13].
  • The City and the Pillar's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-City-and-the-Pillar[14].
  • The City and the Pillar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The City and the Pillar'}[15].
  • The City and the Pillar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Un garçon près de la rivière'}[16].
  • The City and the Pillar's BBC Things ID is recorded as cfb635c4-e735-4fde-b1cb-c3374234e861[17].
  • The City and the Pillar's FantLab work ID is recorded as 811421[18].
  • The City and the Pillar's form of creative work is recorded as novel[19].
  • The City and the Pillar's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 183824[20].

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Designation and Status

The City and the Pillar's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The City and the Pillar ranks in the top 5% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Gore Vidal United States

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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