Home | Books By Year | Books from 1941
Strange Inheritance (novel)
Buy Strange Inheritance (novel) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the book. And once you've experienced the book, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Strange Inheritance' or 'The Traveller on All Saints' Day' (French: 'Le voyageur de la Toussaint') is a 1941 mystery novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It was translated into English by Geoffrey Sainsbury.Pendergast & Pendergast p.938
Synopsis
On All Saint's Day Gilles Mauvoisin returns home from Norway to his hometown of La Rochelle on the western coast of France. He discovers that his uncle had died several months earlier leaving him his fortune, including a transport company and his house on condition that he allows his family to keep living there. Gilles soon finds that his family are snobbish and resentful, and appear to be hiding a secret about his uncle's death.
Film adaptation
In 1943 it was made into a film 'Strange Inheritance' directed by Louis Daquin and starring Assia Noris and Jules Berry.Goble p.428 Henri-Georges Clouzot had earlier attempted to persuade Continental Films to acquire the rights so he could make a film launching a savage attack on French society, however they preferred to purchase the Maigret novels for a series of adaptations.Drazin p.207
References
Bibliography
* Drazin, Charles . The Faber Book of French Cinema. London: Faber & Faber, 2011.
* Goble, Alan. 'The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film'. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
* Pendergast, Sara & Pendergast, Tom. 'Reference Guide to World Literature: Authors'. St. James Press, 2003.
Category:1941 novels
Category:1941 French novels
Category:Novels by Georges Simenon
Category:Belgian novels adapted into films
Category:Novels set in France
fr:Le voyageur de la Toussaint
Buy Strange Inheritance (novel) now from Amazon
<-- Return to books from 1941