The Purloined Letter

detective story by Edgar Allan Poe
VisualArtwork unpublished_literary_work Q733448
The Purloined Letter
Carey and Hart, Philadelphia, publishers. · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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The Purloined Letter

Summary

The Purloined Letter is an unpublished literary work[1]. It draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (unpublished_literary_work category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Purloined Letter authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].
  • The Purloined Letter's image is recorded as The purloined letter the gift 1845 2.jpg[4].
  • The Purloined Letter's instance of is recorded as unpublished literary work[5].
  • The Purloined Letter's genre is recorded as detective fiction[6].
  • The Purloined Letter's genre is recorded as crime fiction[7].
  • The Purloined Letter's follows is recorded as The Mystery of Marie Rogêt[8].
  • The Purloined Letter's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12094257s[9].
  • The Purloined Letter's Commons category is recorded as The Purloined Letter[10].
  • The Purloined Letter's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Purloined Letter's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • +1845-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Purloined Letter[13].
  • The Purloined Letter's publication date is recorded as +1844-12-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • The Purloined Letter's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012bwf[15].
  • The Purloined Letter's characters is recorded as C. Auguste Dupin[16].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as Q51632412[17].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as Q106614874[18].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as The Purloined Letter[19].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as The Purloined Letter[20].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117280187[21].
  • The Purloined Letter's has edition or translation is recorded as Q117281240[22].
  • The Purloined Letter's narrative location is recorded as Paris[23].
  • The Purloined Letter's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 84432[24].
  • The Purloined Letter's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Purloined-Letter[25].
  • The Purloined Letter's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Purloined Letter'}[26].
  • The Purloined Letter's title is recorded as {'lang': 'sr', 'text': 'Украдено писмо'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

The Purloined Letter authored Edgar Allan Poe[3].

Why It Matters

The Purloined Letter draws 327 Wikipedia views per month (unpublished_literary_work category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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