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setting.

Film adaptation

In 1917, it was turned into a silent film ''

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'' directed by

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and starring

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, made by

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.Goble p.222

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Vinson, James. ''Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers''. Macmillan, 1982. 1907 British novels Novels by Robert Hichens British romance novels British novels adapted into films {{1900s-romance-novel-stub