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| Author | Osbert Sitwell |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Mystery |
Publication date | 1940 |
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A Place of One's Own is a 1940 mystery novel by the British writer Osbert Sitwell. A ghost story, it was expanded out of a short story that Sitwell had previously written. It concerns an elderly couple at the turn of the Twentieth Century who move into a house, only to discover that it appears to be haunted.
Adaptation
In 1945 it was adapted into a British film of the same title produced by Gainsborough Pictures.[1] Directed by Bernard Knowles and starring James Mason and Margaret Lockwood, it was part of the group of Gainsborough Melodramas.
References
- ^ Goble p.431
Bibliography
- Cevasco, George A. The Sitwells: Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell. Twayne Publishers, 1987.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Parker, Elaine. The Price of Fame: The Biography of Dennis Price. Fonthill Media, 2018.
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