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The Glass Castle

2005 memoir by Jeannette Walls
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Summary

The Glass Castle is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.34% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,539 views/month, #96 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Jeannette Walls[3]
  • Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons[4]
  • Genre: memoir[5], biography[6]
  • Followed by: Half Broke Horses[7]
  • Language of work or name: American English[8]
  • Country of origin: United States[9]
  • Publication date: 2005[10]
  • Cover art by: Rodrigo Corral[11]
  • Has edition or translation: The Glass Castle[12]
  • Narrative location: New York City[13], Welch[14], Phoenix[15]
  • Number of pages: 288[16]
  • Title: The Glass Castle[17], Schloss aus Glas[18]
  • Derivative work: The Glass Castle[19]

Why It Matters

The Glass Castle has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

literary work New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary work
    Narrative location → New York City, Welch, Phoenix
    Language of work or name → American English
    Country of origin → United States
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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