The Lunatic at Large (novel)

The Lunatic at Large
First edition
AuthorJ. Storer Clouston
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy
PublisherWilliam Blackwood & Sons
Publication date
1899
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Followed byThe Lunatic at Large Again 

The Lunatic at Large is an 1899 comedy novel by the British writer J. Storer Clouston. A popular success, it was followed by three sequels The Lunatic at Large Again (1922), The Lunatic Still at Large (1923), and The Lunatic In Charge (1926).[1]

Synopsis

Francis Beveridge escapes from a lunatic asylum and heads for London. There, at a luxury hotel he meets up with a travelling German baron and becomes his guide to the sights of England and its capital city.

Film adaptations

It has been made into films on two occasions, a 1921 British silent film directed by and starring Henry Edwards and a 1927 American silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Warren Cook.[2]

References

  1. ^ Royle p. 68
  2. ^ Goble p. 87

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Royle, Trevor. Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature. Macmillan, 1984.


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