Roger_la_Honte_(novel)

<i>Roger la Honte</i> (novel)

Roger la Honte (novel)

1886 novel

Roger la Honte is an 1886 novel by the French writer Jules Mary. Its melodramatic plot takes place around the time of the Franco-Prussian War. It is his best known work. In 1887-1889 he published a sequel The Revenge of Roger la Honte which was released in two parts.

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Robert Williams Buchanan produced a play derived from the work in 1888, retitled "Jean the Disgraced" and premiered at the Elephant and Castle Theater.[1]

Adaptations

The novel has been turned into films on five separate occasions.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Susana Cory-Wright. Lady Tree A Theatrical Life in Letters. Lulu.com. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-291-09670-5.
  2. [2]
    Goble p.311

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.


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