Letty Lynton (novel)

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.

Letty Lynton
AuthorMarie Belloc Lowndes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHeinemann (Britain)
Cape and Smith (US)
Publication date
1931
Media typePrint

Adaptation

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

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

Bibliography

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