''The Haven'' is a 1909 novel by the British writer

Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...

. Whereas the author's previous breakthrough novel ''Lying Prophets'' had been set in

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, ''The Haven'' is set in the fishing community of

Brixham Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish, the smallest and southernmost of the three main population centres (the others being Paignton and Torquay) on the coast of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. Commercial fish ...

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Adaptation

In 1921 it was adapted into the British

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'' The Night Hawk'' starring Henri de Vries and

Sydney Seaward Sydney Widmer Seaward (27 January 1884 – 22 June 1967) was an English actor born in Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, England, United Kingdom and died at age 83 in Matlock, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Selected filmography * ''Pierre of ...

.Goble p.367

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Hinton, Percival. ''Eden Phillpotts: A Bibliography of First Editions''. Greville Worthington, 1931. * Meadowcroft, Charles William. ''The Place of Eden Phillpotts in English Peasant Drama''. University of Pennsylvania, 1924. 1909 British novels Works by Eden Phillpotts British novels adapted into films Novels set in Devon {{1900s-novel-stub