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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1939 short story by James Thurber
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Summary

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty authored James Thurber[3].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's publisher is recorded as Harcourt[5].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's publication date is recorded as +1939-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04548r[8].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Secret-Life-of-Walter-Mitty-by-Thurber[9].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as literatuur-internationaal/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty[10].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's derivative work is recorded as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty[11].
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty's derivative work is recorded as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty[12].

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Works and Contributions

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty authored James Thurber[3].

Why It Matters

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (683 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

James Thurber literary work The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → —
    Language of work or name → English
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