The Lodger - Brossura

Lowndes, Marie Belloc

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0897336046 ISBN 13: 9780897336048

Casa editrice: Academy Chicago Pub, 2010

Riassunto

A first-class, highly acclaimed thriller that was first published in 1914. It is based on the grisly Jack the Ripper murders that occurred in Whitechapel, London twenty years before.

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L'autore:

Marie Belloc Lowndes was born in London and authored novels, memoirs, and plays, producing one every year from 1904 to 1946. Her stories wed exciting plots with psychologically complex characters.

Product Description:

"The Lodger", published in 1913, is based on the Jack the Ripper murders, it is about a London family who suspects that their upstairs lodger is a mysterious killer known as 'The Avenger'. The novel was the basis for four movie adaptions. The first was the silent film version directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, it was followed by several remakes. The film was remade by Maurice Elvey in 1932, John Brahm in 1944, as "Man in the Attic" in 1953, and once again by David Ondaatje in 2009.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Academy Chicago Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0897336046
• ISBN 13: 9780897336048
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 252