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The Lodger - by Marie Belloc-Lowndes (Paperback)

The Lodger - by  Marie Belloc-Lowndes (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><P>A first-class, highly acclaimed thriller that was first published in 1914. It is based on the grisly Jack the Ripper murders that occurred in Whitechapel, London twenty years before.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A first-class, highly acclaimed thriller that was first published in 1914. It is based on the grisly Jack the Ripper murders that occurred in Whitechapel, London twenty years before.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>One of the best suspense novels ever written. -- <i>The New York Times</i><br><br>This is a beautifully wrought novel of psychological suspense that should have a place on any mystery buff's shelf of classics. -- <i>Chicago Sun-Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes, nee Belloc</b> (5 August 1868 - 14 November 1947), was a prolific English novelist. Active from 1898 until her death, she had a literary reputation for combining exciting incident with psychological interest. Her most famous novel, <i>The Lodger</i> (1913), based on the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888, has been adapted for the screen five different times; the first movie version was Alfred Hitchcock's silent film <i>The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog</i> (1927), followed by Maurice Elvey's in 1932, John Brahm's in 1944, <i>Man in the Attic</i> in 1953, and David Ondaatje's in 2009. Another novel of hers, <i>Letty Lynton</i> (1931), was the basis for the 1932 motion picture of the same name starring Joan Crawford. Born in Marylebone, London and raised in La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, and was interred in France, in La Celle-Saint-Cloud near Versailles, where she spent her youth.

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