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The Lodger

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By (author): Marie Belloc-Lowndes

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. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 231g
  • Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
  • Publication Date: 01 May 2010
  • Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780897336048

About Marie Belloc-Lowndes

Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes nee Belloc (5 August 1868 - 14 November 1947) was a prolific English novelist. Active from 1898 until her death she had a literary reputation for combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her most famous novel The Lodger (1913) based on the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 has been adapted for the screen five different times; the first movie version was Alfred Hitchcock's silent film The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) followed by Maurice Elvey's in 1932 John Brahm's in 1944 Man in the Attic in 1953 and David Ondaatje's in 2009. Another novel of hers Letty Lynton (1931) was the basis for the 1932 motion picture of the same name starring Joan Crawford. Born in Marylebone London and raised in La Celle-Saint-Cloud Franceand was interred in France in La Celle-Saint-Cloud near Versailles where she spent her youth.

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