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The Partner (Prieto novel)

1928 novel by Jenaro Prieto

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5826705 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Partner or The Associate (Spanish: El socio) is a 1928 novel by the Chilean writer and politician Jenaro Prieto.

Adaptations

The story, about a financially struggling man who invents a fictitious business partner named Davis to try to boost his fortunes, has been adapted into films on a number of occasions including:

The Silent Partner (1939)

The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939)

The Associate (1946)

I Will Consult Mister Brown (1946)

The Associate (1979)

The Associate (1996)

References

Bibliography

Salvatore Bizzarro. Historical Dictionary of Chile. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

Editorial summary

“The Partner (Prieto novel)” enters the record as 1928 novel by Jenaro Prieto. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Partner, Prieto and novel can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 1939, 1946, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Partner, Prieto and novel.
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Why this record matters

“The Partner (Prieto novel)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Partner, Prieto and novel provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5826705. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928, 1939, 1946 and 1979.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from “The Partner (Prieto novel)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.