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Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams

1794 British three-volume Jacobin mystery novel by William Godwin
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Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams

Summary

Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams authored William Godwin[3].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's genre is Jacobin novel[5].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's Commons category is recorded as Caleb Williams (novel)[6].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams was published on 1794[9].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's has edition or translation is recorded as Q111828349[10].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as Things as They Are[11].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as Die Abenteuer des Caleb Williams oder: Die Dinge wie sie sind[12].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as La Aventuroj de Caleb Williams[13].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as Aventures de Caleb Williams[14].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as كالب ويليامز[15].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's title is recorded as 凯莱布·威廉斯传奇[16].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's author name string is recorded as Godwin[17].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams's form of creative work is recorded as novel[20].

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Authorship and Creation

Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams authored William Godwin[3].

Publication

Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams was published on 1794[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is Jacobin novel[5].

Why It Matters

Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → William Godwin
    Babelio work id → 375202
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 12237886v
    Title → Things as They Are, Die Abenteuer des Caleb Williams oder: Die Dinge wie sie sin, La Aventuroj de Caleb Williams +3
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P747]]: [[Q139902568]]"
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