[Gutenberg 2014] • The Lodger

[Gutenberg 2014] • The Lodger
Authors
Lowndes, Marie Belloc
Publisher
Wildside Press
Tags
detective and mystery stories , whitechapel (london , serial murders -- fiction , thriller , the ripper -- fiction , classics , england) -- fiction , mystery , jack , horror
ISBN
9781592243303
Date
1913-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.20 MB
Lang
en
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Written in 1913, The Lodger was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's first thriller, and a remarkable film it is. But the story Hitchcock tells -- of young love and mistaken identity (and is that a mistake, or malicious accusation by a rival. . . ) -- is very different from Lowndes's tale.