The Man in the Case

short story by Anton Chekhov
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1763860
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The Man in the Case

Summary

The Man in the Case is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Man in the Case authored Anton Chekhov[3].
  • The Man in the Case's video is recorded as Man in a Shell 1939.webm[4].
  • The Man in the Case's image is recorded as Памятник Чехову (Томск).jpg[5].
  • The Man in the Case's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • The Man in the Case's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2017079010[7].
  • The Man in the Case's part of is recorded as The Little Trilogy[8].
  • The Man in the Case's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[9].
  • The Man in the Case's country of origin is recorded as Russian Empire[10].
  • +1898-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Man in the Case[11].
  • The Man in the Case's publication date is recorded as +1898-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Man in the Case's has edition or translation is recorded as The Man in the Case[13].
  • The Man in the Case's narrative location is recorded as Russian Empire[14].
  • The Man in the Case's published in is recorded as Russian Mind[15].
  • The Man in the Case's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Человек в футляре'}[16].
  • The Man in the Case's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'На самом краю села Мироносицкого, в сарае старосты Прокофия расположились на ночлег запоздавшие охотники.'}[17].
  • The Man in the Case's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1222234k[18].
  • The Man in the Case's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Man in the Case's copyright status is recorded as public domain[20].
  • The Man in the Case's FantLab work ID is recorded as 153132[21].
  • The Man in the Case's form of creative work is recorded as short story[22].
  • The Man in the Case's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 86008105[23].
  • The Man in the Case's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 448485[24].

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Works and Contributions

The Man in the Case authored Anton Chekhov[3].

Why It Matters

The Man in the Case ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Goodreads. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of The Little Trilogy
    Country of origin Russian Empire
    Instance of literary work
    Instance of
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:دی مین ان دی کیس]]"
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