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Letty Lynton (novel)

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Letty Lynton
1976 edition by Hutchinson
AuthorMarie Belloc Lowndes
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHeinemann (Britain)
Cape and Smith (US)
Publication date
1931
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Letty Lynton is a 1931 novel by the British writer Marie Belloc Lowndes.[1] It is loosely inspired by the case of Madeleine Smith, a young woman accused of murder.

Adaptation

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In 1932 it was adapted by Hollywood studio MGM into the film Letty Lynton directed by Clarence Brown and starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Vinson p.450
  2. ^ Goble p.294

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.