The Dwelling-Place of Light

The Dwelling-Place of Light is a 1917 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill, the last of his twenty-year run of best-sellers.[1] Like The Inside of the Cup and A Far Country, the title has a biblical allusion: "Where is the way to the dwelling of light?"[2] Published in October 1917, it did not achieve as many sales as his prior novels.[3]

The Dwelling-Place of Light
AuthorWinston Churchill
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherMacmillan
Publication date
October 1917
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages462

It was also adapted into a silent film in 1920, directed by Jack Conway and starring Claire Adams, Nigel De Brulier, and King Baggot.

References

Ad for The Dwelling Place of Light, 1920 film directed by Jack Conway
  1. ""Best Selling Books", The Bookman, January 1918, p. 624". UNZ.org.
  2. Job 38:19, American Standard Version.
  3. Schneider, Robert W. Novelist to a Generation: The Life and Thought of Winston Churchill, p. 235 (1976)
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