What the Tortoise Said to Achilles

short story by Lewis Carroll
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What the Tortoise Said to Achilles

Summary

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles is a literary work[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles authored Lewis Carroll[3].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's genre is allegory[5].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's based on is recorded as Zeno's paradoxes[6].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles was published on 1895[8].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's has edition or translation is recorded as What the Tortoise Said to Achilles[9].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's has edition or translation is recorded as О чём Черепаха говорила Ахиллесу (Кэрролл)[10].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's published in is recorded as Mind[11].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'What the Tortoise Said to Achilles'}[12].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's copyright status is recorded as public domain[13].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's copyright status is recorded as public domain[14].
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles's form of creative work is recorded as short story[15].

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Authorship and Creation

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles authored Lewis Carroll[3].

Publication

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles was released on 1895[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is allegory[5].

Why It Matters

What the Tortoise Said to Achilles has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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