The Right to be Lazy

work by Paul Lafargue
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The Right to be Lazy

Summary

The Right to be Lazy is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Right to be Lazy authored Paul Lafargue[3].
  • The Right to be Lazy's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Right to be Lazy's genre is polemical lampoon[5].
  • The Right to be Lazy's genre is non-fiction literature[6].
  • The Right to be Lazy's genre is essay[7].
  • The Right to be Lazy's Commons category is recorded as Le Droit à la Paresse (1883)[8].
  • The Right to be Lazy's language of work or name is recorded as French[9].
  • The Right to be Lazy was published on 1880[10].
  • The Right to be Lazy's has edition or translation is recorded as Q52556734[11].
  • The Right to be Lazy's main subject is laziness[12].
  • The Right to be Lazy's main subject is work[13].
  • The Right to be Lazy's main subject is communism[14].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Le droit à la paresse'}[15].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Das Recht auf Faulheit'}[16].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'El dret a la peresa'}[17].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Right to be Lazy'}[18].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'La rajto je pigro'}[19].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'El derecho a la pereza'}[20].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Il diritto alla pigrizia'}[21].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Het recht op luiheid'}[22].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'O Direito à Preguiça'}[23].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'الحق في الكسل'}[24].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Retten til dovenskab'}[25].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Το δικαίωμα στην τεμπελιά'}[26].
  • The Right to be Lazy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'Alferkeriarako eskubidea'}[27].

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Authorship and Creation

The Right to be Lazy authored Paul Lafargue[3].

Publication

The Right to be Lazy was published on 1880[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as French[9]. Genres include polemical lampoon[5], non-fiction literature[6], and essay[7].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include laziness[12], work[13], and communism[14].

Why It Matters

The Right to be Lazy ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (315 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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