Private Worlds (Bottome novel)

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Private Worlds is a 1934 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. It is set in a psychiatric hospital. It was the seventh most popular work of fiction published in America that year.[1]

Private Worlds
First US edition
AuthorPhyllis Bottome
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHarmondsworth (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Publication date
1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Adaptation

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It was adapted into a 1935 American film of the same title directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer and Joel McCrea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hayward p.107
  2. ^ Goble p.49

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hayward, Rhodri. The Transformation of the Psyche in British Primary Care, 1870-1970. A&C Black, 2014.
  • Kimyongür, Angela. Women in Europe between the Wars: Politics, Culture and Society. Routledge, 2017.