The Thirty-nine Steps

novel by John Buchan

VisualArtwork literary_work Q2609365

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Instance of: literary work
Author: John Buchan^[2]
Genre: spy fiction, mystery fiction^[4]^[5]
Language of work or name: British English, English^[8]^[9]
Publication date: 1915^[11]
Followed by: Greenmantle^[6]
Part of the series: Richard Hannay^[7]
Copyright status: public domain, public domain^[21]
Country of origin: United Kingdom^[10]
Derivative work: The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps, The Thirty Nine Steps, The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps^[19]^[20]
Form of creative work: novel^[22]
Has edition or translation: The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Thirty-nine Steps: ELTeC edition, The thirty-nine steps (first edition), Q138515798^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Narrative location: London, Great Britain^[16]^[17]
Publisher: Blackwood & Sons^[3]
Title: The Thirty-nine Steps^[18]

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BBC Things ID: 5e9f2942-ea97-4a35-b864-9eb1480fc713
BookBrainz work ID: 2baebcd5-47c1-43ac-b0e6-303d57578a15
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Thirty-Nine-Steps
FantLab work ID: 80182
Freebase ID: /m/0llgk
Goodreads work ID: 2422487
ISFDB title ID: 2513910
LibraryThing work ID: 3661
Open Library ID: OL76599W, OL76524W
Penguin Random House work ID: 20665
Project Gutenberg ebook ID: 558

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Derivative work 5

The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps, The Thirty Nine Steps, The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps

← Based on 5

The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps, The Thirty Nine Steps, The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps

public domain, public domain

Genre 2

mystery fiction, spy fiction

Language of work or name 2

English, British English

Narrative location 2

London, Great Britain

Author 1

John Buchan

Country of origin 1

United Kingdom

Followed by 1

Greenmantle

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Greenmantle

Form of creative work 1

novel

Instance of 1

literary work

Publisher 1

Blackwood & Sons

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Summary

The Thirty-nine Steps is a literary work^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — author (P50): John Buchan. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-07-01. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — publisher (P123): Blackwood & Sons. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — genre (P136): spy fiction. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — genre (P136): mystery fiction. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — followed by (P156): Greenmantle. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — part of the series (P179): Richard Hannay. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — language of work or name (P407): British English. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — publication date (P577): 1915. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-07-01. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — has edition or translation (P747): The Thirty-Nine Steps. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — has edition or translation (P747): The Thirty-nine Steps: ELTeC edition. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — has edition or translation (P747): The thirty-nine steps (first edition). wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — has edition or translation (P747): Q138515798. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — narrative location (P840): London. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — narrative location (P840): Great Britain. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — title (P1476): The Thirty-nine Steps. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — derivative work (P4969): The 39 Steps. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — derivative work (P4969): The Thirty Nine Steps. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — copyright status (P6216): public domain. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps — form of creative work (P7937): novel. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2026-07-10. wikidata.org.

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[1] ↑ The Thirty-nine Steps is an instance of literary work (Q7725634) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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23d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Derivative work → The 39 Steps, The 39 Steps, The Thirty Nine Steps +2

Has edition or translation → The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Thirty-Nine Steps, The Thirty-nine Steps: ELTeC edition +2

Genre → spy fiction, mystery fiction

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