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| Author | Robert Hichens |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
Publication date | 1909 |
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Bella Donna is a 1909 British romance novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. [1]
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| Author | Robert Hichens |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
Publication date | 1909 |
| Media type | |
Bella Donna is a 1909 British romance novel by the British writer Robert Hichens. [1]
A flighty young Englishwoman marries an Egyptologist. Once on the archaeological site she falls for a suave Egyptian, and plots to do away with her husband.
It was listed among the top six bestselling books in the United States in the December 1909 (ranked sixth) and January 1910 (ranked second) issues of The Bookman . [2] [3]
It has been made into films on four occasions:
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Bella Donna was a 1915 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and the Charles Frohman Company, starring Pauline Frederick, and based on the 1912 play Bella Donna by James Bernard Fagan adapted from the 1909 novel of the same name by Robert Smythe Hichens.
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