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(Redirected from Four Days' Wonder (novel)) 1933 novel

This article is about the novel. For the film, see Four Days' Wonder.
Four Days Wonder
First edition (UK)
AuthorA.A. Milne
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy Mystery
PublisherMethuen (UK)
Dutton (US)
Publication date1933
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Four Days Wonder is a 1933 comedy novel by the British writer A.A. Milne. Jenny, the heroine of the story, is an 18 year old orphan, who spends her life daydreaming. Her mind is occupied with an imaginary conversation when she absent-mindedly walks into her old home, now let to a respectable, middle-aged couple. Jenny finds, on the floor, the body of her long-lost Aunt Jane, and suddenly realises that she is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Film adaptation

In 1936 it was adapted into a film of the same title by the American studio Universal Pictures. Directed by Sidney Salkow it starred Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper and Alan Mowbray.

References

  1. Shaw p.90
  2. Goble p.327

Bibliography

  • Cohen, Nadia. The Extraordinary Life of A. A. Milne. Grub Street Publishers, 2017.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Haring-Smith, Tori. A.A. Milne: A Critical Bibliography. Garland, 1982.
  • Shaw, Bruce. Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the Golden Age. McFarland, 2013.


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