Young Goodman Brown

short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Young Goodman Brown

Summary

Young Goodman Brown is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Young Goodman Brown authored Nathaniel Hawthorne[3].
  • Young Goodman Brown's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Young Goodman Brown's genre is speculative fiction[5].
  • Young Goodman Brown's Commons category is recorded as Young Goodman Brown[6].
  • Young Goodman Brown's language of work or name is recorded as Arabic[7].
  • Young Goodman Brown's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Young Goodman Brown was published on 1835[9].
  • Young Goodman Brown's published in is recorded as The Dark Descent[10].
  • Young Goodman Brown's published in is recorded as The Dark of the Soul[11].
  • Young Goodman Brown's published in is recorded as My Favorite Horror Story[12].
  • Young Goodman Brown's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Young Goodman Brown'}[13].
  • Young Goodman Brown's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset into the street at Salem village; but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting kiss with his young wife.'}[14].
  • Young Goodman Brown's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And when he had lived long, and was borne to his grave a hoary corpse, followed by Faith, an aged woman, and children and grandchildren, a goodly procession, besides neighbors not a few, they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom.'}[15].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2b03fcac-6d22-481f-8da2-70ff65237960[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Young Goodman Brown authored Nathaniel Hawthorne[3].

Publication

Young Goodman Brown was published on 1835[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Arabic[7]. Its genre is speculative fiction[5].

Why It Matters

Young Goodman Brown ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (408 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Country of origin United States
    Language of work or name Arabic
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