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Household Ghosts

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Household Ghosts
First edition
AuthorJames Kennaway
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherLongman
Publication date
1961
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Household Ghosts is a 1961 novel by the British writer James Kennaway. It portrays the intense relationship between a brother and sister, members of a declining upper-class family in rural Perthshire.[1]

Adaptation

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In 1970 it was made into the film Country Dance directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Peter O'Toole and Susannah York.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Watson p.164
  2. ^ Goble p.256

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Watson, Roderick. The Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century. Macmillan, 2006.