''Four Days Wonder'' is a 1933

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by the British writer A.A. Milne. Jenny, the heroine of the story, is an 18 year old orphan, who spends her life daydreaming. Her mind is occupied with an imaginary conversation when she absent-mindedly walks into her old home, now let to a respectable, middle-aged couple. Jenny finds, on the floor, the body of her long-lost Aunt Jane, and suddenly realises that she is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Film adaptation

In 1936 it was adapted into a film of the same title by the American studio

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. Directed by

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it starred

Kenneth Howell Kenneth Howell (February 21, 1913 - September 28, 1966) was an American actor. He is best remembered for roles in films such as ''Pardon My Pups'' (1934), ''The Wrong Way Out'' (1938), ''Pride of the Bowery'' (1940) and ''Ball of Fire'' (1941), ...

Martha Sleeper Martha Sleeper (June 24, 1910 – March 25, 1983) was a film actress of the 1920s–1930s and, later, a Broadway stage actress. She studied dancing for five years with Russian ballet master, Louis H. Chalif, at his New York dancing studio. ...

and

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.Goble p.327

References

Bibliography

* Cohen, Nadia. ''The Extraordinary Life of A. A. Milne''. Grub Street Publishers, 2017. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Haring-Smith, Tori. ''A.A. Milne: A Critical Bibliography''. Garland, 1982. * Shaw, Bruce. ''Jolly Good Detecting: Humor in English Crime Fiction of the Golden Age''. McFarland, 2013. 1933 British novels 1930s in comedy British comedy novels British mystery novels Novels set in England Novels set in mansions and country houses Novels about orphans British novels adapted into films Comedy novels adapted into films Novels by A. A. Milne Methuen Publishing books E. P. Dutton books {{1930s-comedy-novel-stub