The Message

short story by Honoré de Balzac
VisualArtwork literary_work Q513017
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The Message

Summary

The Message is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Message authored Honoré de Balzac[3].
  • The Message's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Message's illustrator is recorded as Stanisław Chlebowski[5].
  • The Message's part of the series is recorded as The Human Comedy[6].
  • The Message is part of Scenes from Private Life[7].
  • The Message's language of work or name is recorded as French[8].
  • The Message's country of origin is recorded as France[9].
  • The Message was published on 1832[10].
  • The Message's has edition or translation is recorded as Q101419815[11].
  • The Message's published in is recorded as The Human Comedy[12].
  • The Message's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le Message'}[13].
  • The Message's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • The Message's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • The Message's form of creative work is recorded as short story[16].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Message authored Honoré de Balzac[3].

Publication

The Message was published on 1832[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as French[8]. It is part of Scenes from Private Life[7]. Its part of the series is recorded as The Human Comedy[6].

Subject and Themes

The Message's part of the series is recorded as The Human Comedy[6].

Why It Matters

The Message ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Message. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-message-q513017
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-message-q513017_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Message}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-message-q513017}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 21d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status public domain, public domain
    Country of origin
    Country of origin France
    Part of
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