This Above All
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This article is about a novel. For the film, see This Above All (film).
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| Author(s) | Eric Knight |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | War novel Romance |
| Publisher | Cassell |
| Publication date | 1941 |
This Above All (1941) is a novel by Eric Knight. It was adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1942.
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[edit] Title
The title of the novel is derived from a quote by Polonius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (Act 1, scene 3): "This above all: to thine own self be true,/ And it must follow, as the night the day,/ Thou canst not then be false to any man."
[edit] Plot
[edit] Characters
- Clive Briggs
- Prudence Cathaway
[edit] Adaptations
The novel has been adapted to a movie of the same name in 1942 directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine. It won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black-and-White.
