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The Hard Life

1961 novel by Brian O'Nolan
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The Hard Life

Summary

The Hard Life is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Hard Life authored Brian O'Nolan[3].
  • The Hard Life's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Hard Life was published by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon[5].
  • The Hard Life's genre is comedy[6].
  • The Hard Life followed An Béal Bocht[7].
  • The Hard Life's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Hard Life's country of origin is recorded as Ireland[9].
  • The Hard Life was published on 1961[10].
  • The Hard Life's narrative location is recorded as Dublin[11].
  • The Hard Life's title is recorded as The Hard Life[12].
  • The Hard Life's form of creative work is recorded as novel[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b76f13b2-51de-45d3-bc45-535e4b0af0a2[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Hard Life authored Brian O'Nolan[3]. It was published by Hart-Davis, MacGibbon[5].

Publication

The Hard Life was released on 1961[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is comedy[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Hard Life followed An Béal Bocht[7].

Why It Matters

The Hard Life ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Brian O'Nolan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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