''The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett,'' often shortened to ''Sylvia Scarlett'', is a 1918 novel by the British writer

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. The heroine of the story had previously appeared in Mackenzie's '' Sinister Street''. It was followed by a sequel '' Sylvia and Michael'' in 1919.

Adaptation

In 1935 it was made into an American film '' Sylvia Scarlett'' directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Goble p.300

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Orel, Harold. ''Popular Fiction in England, 1914-1918''. University Press of Kentucky, 1992. 1918 British novels Novels by Compton Mackenzie British novels adapted into films {{1910s-novel-stub