The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Summary

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a written work^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button authored F. Scott Fitzgerald^[3].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's image is recorded as BenjaminButton22.jpg^[4].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's instance of is recorded as written work^[5].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Commons category is recorded as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)^[6].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's language of work or name is recorded as American English^[7].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's country of origin is recorded as United States^[8].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's publication date is recorded as +1922-05-27T00:00:00Z^[9].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fc_75^[10].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Open Library ID is recorded as OL21732628W^[11].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's narrative location is recorded as Maryland^[12].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 97831^[13].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'}^[14].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'As long ago as 1860 it was the proper thing to be born at home. At present, so I am told, the high gods of medicine have decreed that the first cries of the young shall be uttered upon the anesthetic air of a hospital, preferably a fashionable one.'}^[15].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's set in period is recorded as Gilded Age^[16].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Then it was all dark, and his white crib and the dim faces that moved above him, and the warm sweet aroma of the milk, faded out altogether from his mind.'}^[17].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's derivative work is recorded as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button^[18].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[19].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[20].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's form of creative work is recorded as short story^[21].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's form of creative work is recorded as narration^[22].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1650517^[23].
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's Penguin Random House work ID is recorded as 211427^[24].

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Designation and Status

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's instance of is recorded as written work^[5].

Why It Matters

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ranks in the top 2% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (651 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]