''Running Water'' is a 1907 adventure novel by the British writer

A.E.W. Mason Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, ''The Four Feathers'' and is also known as the creator of Inspecto ...

. The story could be defined as mountaineering crime fiction with a romantic twist.

Plot

The protagonists are the young Sylvia Thesiger and Hilary Chayne, a captain in the British army. After their first meeting on the Mont Blanc massif, Sylvia goes back to England to live with her father (whom she has never met). Skinner proves to be a dangerous man with a mysterious past and Sylvia tries, with Chayne's help, to protect the designated victim. The final showdown takes place on the fatal Brenva route, one of the most dangerous ways to reach the top of Mont Blanc.

Film adaptation

In 1922 it was adapted into a film '' Running Water'' directed by Maurice Elvey.Goble p.626

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1907 British novels Novels by A. E. W. Mason British novels adapted into films {{1900s-adventure-novel-stub