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The Ivory Tower

unfinished novel by Henry James, posthumously published in 1917, about the riches of two dying millionaires, Abel Gaw and Frank Betterman, and their corrupting effect on the people around them
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Summary

The Ivory Tower is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Henry James[3]
  • Language of work or name: English[4]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[5]
  • Publication date: 1917[6]
  • Has edition or translation: The Ivory Tower[7]
  • Title: The Ivory Tower[8]
  • Different from: The Ivory Tower[9]
  • Copyright status: public domain[10]
  • Form of creative work: novel[11]

Why It Matters

The Ivory Tower is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Henry James
    Publication date → +1917-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Sitelink count → 4
    Imported from → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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