''Yield to the Night'' is a 1954

novel A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itsel ...

by the British writer

Joan Henry Joan Constance Anne Henry (8 April 1914 – 2000) was an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter. A former débutante from an illustrious family, she was jailed for passing a fraudulent cheque in 1951 and her best-known works were based on ...

. Henry had served a prison sentence in 1951 for passing fraudulent cheques and had written a bestselling book ''

Who Lie in Gaol ''Who Lie in Gaol'' is a 1952 work by the British writer Joan Henry. It is semi- autobiographical novel, based on Henry's own experiences serving a prison sentence for passing a fraudulent cheque. The title is drawn from Oscar Wilde's '' The Ba ...

'' based on her experiences. She followed this up with ''Yield to the Night'' a fictional story about a woman sentenced to death for murder.

Film adaptation

In 1956 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Diana Dors,

Yvonne Mitchell Yvonne Mitchell (born Yvonne Frances Joseph; 7 July 1915 – 24 March 1979) was an English actress and author. After beginning her acting career in theatre, Mitchell progressed to films in the late 1940s. Her roles include Julia in the 1954 BBC ...

and Michael Craig.Goble p.217

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''J. Lee Thompson''. Manchester University Press, 2021. * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Schwan, Anne. ''Convict Voices: Women, Class, and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England''. University of New Hampshire Press, 2 Dec 2014. 1954 British novels British novels adapted into films Victor Gollancz Ltd books {{1950s-novel-stub