Lady Rose's Daughter (novel)
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| Author | Mary Augusta Ward |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. |
Publication date | 1903 |
| Publication place | England |
Lady Rose's Daughter is a novel by Mary Augusta Ward that was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1903.[1][2] The book was adapted in 1920 by director Hugh Ford, into a film starring Elsie Ferguson as Julie Le Breton and David Powell as Captain Warkworth.[3]
Mary Augusta Ward was sometimes credited as "Mrs. Humphry Ward" on her books.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Jordan, Tina (28 December 2023). "The Novel That Sold 1,000 Copies a Week in 1903". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Alice Payne Hackett (1945). Fifty Years of Best Sellers, 1895-1945. New York: R.R. Bowker Co., p. 19.
- ^ "Lady Rose's Daughter," Silent Era.
Further reading
[edit]- Beer, George Louis (1903). "'Diana of the Crossways' and 'Lady Rose's Daughter'," The Critic, Vol. 42, pp. 534–35.
- Collister, Peter (1986). "Alpine Retreats and Arnoldian Recoveries: Mrs Humphry Ward's Lady Rose's Daughter," Durham University Journal, Vol. 47, pp. 289–99.
- Dall, Caroline Healey (1903). Of "Lady Rose's Daughter." A Defense and an Analysis. Boston: Thomas Todd.
External links
[edit]- Lady Rose's Daughter, at Project Gutenberg
Lady Rose's Daughter public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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