All Roads Lead to Calvary (novel)
Author | Jerome K. Jerome |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publication date | 1919 |
Media type |
All Roads Lead to Calvary is a 1919 novel by the British writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was one of the last works written by Jerome, better known for his Three Men in a Boat, and shows the influence of the First World War on him. It is a Bildungsroman in which a Cambridge University educated woman Joan Allway becomes a journalist and then a wartime ambulance driver. She encounters various different people, gaining new experiences and confronting many of the moral issues of the day.
Film adaptation[]
In 1921 the novel was turned into a silent British film All Roads Lead to Calvary directed by Kenelm Foss.[1]
References[]
- ^ Low p.328
Bibliography[]
- Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
Categories:
- 1919 British novels
- British bildungsromans
- Novels set in England
- Novels by Jerome K. Jerome
- British novels adapted into films
- 1910s novel stubs
- Bildungsroman stubs