Author | Noel Streatfeild |
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Language | English |
Genre | Comedy drama |
Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1952 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Aunt Clara is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Noel Streatfeild. It concerns a respectable elderly woman who inherits her relative's estate which proves to include a greyhound and a brothel. Although her more worldly relatives expect her to struggle, she proves equal to the task.
Film adaptation
In 1954 it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford and A. E. Matthews.
References
- Hettinga & Schmidt p.248
- Goble p.446
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hettinga, Donald R. & Schmidt, Gary D. British Children's Writers, 1914–1960. Gale Research, 1996.
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