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Sylvia Scarlett (novel)

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Sylvia Scarlett
AuthorCompton Mackenzie
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publication date
1918
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett, often shortened to Sylvia Scarlett, is a 1918 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. The heroine of the story had previously appeared in Mackenzie's Sinister Street.[1] It was followed by a sequel Sylvia and Michael in 1919.

Adaptation

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In 1935 it was made into an American film Sylvia Scarlett directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn and Brian Aherne.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Orel p.94
  2. ^ Goble p.300

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Orel, Harold. Popular Fiction in England, 1914-1918. University Press of Kentucky, 1992.