 First US edition | |
| Author | Rosita Forbes |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Romance |
| Publisher | Thornton Butterworth (UK) Macaulay (US) |
| Publication date | 1925 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
If the Gods Laugh is a 1925 romantic adventure novel by the British writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. It is set against the backdrop of the Italian colonization of Libya.
Film adaptation
In 1927 it was adapted into the American silent film Fighting Love directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi and Henry B. Walthall.
References
- Watson & Willison p.1315
- Munden p.242
- Goble p.162
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Liggins, Emma & Nolan, Elizabeth. Women's Writing of the First World War. Routledge, 2019.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
- Teo, Hsu-Ming. Desert Passions: Orientalism and Romance Novels. University of Texas Press, 2012.
- Watson, George & Willison, Ian R. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 4. CUP, 1972.
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