Heart of a Child (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | Phyllis Bottome |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 1940 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
Heart of a Child is a 1940 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. Set in the Tirol, Austria, it focuses on a boy and his pet Saint Bernard[1]
Adaptation
In 1958 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Clive Donner and starring Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence and Maureen Pryor.[2][3]
References
- ^ Jones p.96 (location of novel corrected)
- ^ Goble p.49
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (21 June 2025). "Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation Films of 1958". Filmink. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Jones, Amanda. Bringing Up War-Babies: The Wartime Child in Women’s Writing and Psychoanalysis at Mid-Century. Routledge, 2018.