Ballerina (novel)

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Ballerina
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First US edition
Author Eleanor Smith
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publisher Gollancz (Britain)
Bobbs-Merrill (US)
Publication date
1932
Media typePrint

Ballerina is a 1932 novel by the British writer Eleanor Smith. It portrays the life of a great ballerina, and her eventual fall. [1]

Contents

Adaptation

It was adapted into the 1941 Hollywood film The Men in Her Life directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Loretta Young and Conrad Veidt. [2]

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References

  1. Vinson p.634
  2. Goble p.433

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