Buried Alive (novel)
Author | Arnold Bennett |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy |
Publication date | 1908 |
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Buried Alive is a 1908 comedy novel by the British writer Arnold Bennett. In 1913 Bennett adapted it as a play The Great Adventure. This later provided the basis for the 1968 musical Darling of the Day.
Synopsis[]
Priam Farll, a reclusive but celebrated British painter returns home and to avoid public interest adopts the identity of his recently deceased valet. In turn his servant is given a state funeral. Farll is able to establish a peaceful new life until, needing to raise money, he begins painting again. Soon his works come to the attention of a connoisseur art dealer, threatening his happy new existence.
Film adaptations[]
The story has been adapted three times by Hollywood. First, a 1921 silent film version The Great Adventure starring Lionel Barrymore and Doris Rankin. In 1933 the novel was turned into a sound film His Double Life directed by Arthur Hopkins and starring Roland Young, Lillian Gish and Montagu Love. It was produced by Paramount Pictures, while a second adaptation Holy Matrimony was made by Twentieth Century Fox and starred Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields and Laird Cregar.[1]
References[]
- ^ Goble p.35
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- 1908 British novels
- Novels by Arnold Bennett
- Novels set in London
- British novels adapted into films
- British comedy novels
- 1900s novel stubs