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Fortune Is a Woman (novel)

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Fortune Is a Woman
First edition
AuthorWinston Graham
LanguageEnglish
GenreThriller
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Fortune Is a Woman is a 1952 thriller novel by the British writer Winston Graham.[1] An insurance investigator investigates a fire at a manor house, and becomes involved with a married woman who might be guilty of fraud.

Film adaptation

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In 1957 it was turned into film of the same title directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl and Dennis Price.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Woods p.146
  2. ^ Goble p.189

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Woods, Tim. Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists. Routledge, 2008.