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| Author | Phyllis Bottome |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Heart of a Child is a 1940 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. Set in the Tirol, Austria, it focuses on a boy and his pet Saint Bernard
Adaptation
In 1958 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Clive Donner and starring Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence and Maureen Pryor.
References
- Jones p.96 (location of novel corrected)
- Goble p.49
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Jones, Amanda. Bringing Up War-Babies: The Wartime Child in Women’s Writing and Psychoanalysis at Mid-Century. Routledge, 2018.
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