Fox Farm (novel)

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Fox Farm
Author Warwick Deeping
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publication date
1911
Media type Print

Fox Farm is a novel by the British writer Warwick Deeping which was first published in 1911. [1] It was one of Deeping's most successful works in the period before his major international breakthrough with Sorrell and Son . In 1922 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title directed by and starring Guy Newall.

Warwick Deeping British writer

George Warwick Deeping was an English novelist and short story writer, whose best-known novel was Sorrell and Son (1925).

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Fox Farm is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Newall, Ivy Duke and Barbara Everest. It is based on the 1911 novel Fox Farm by Warwick Deeping. A farmer's wife becomes obsessed with the high life, and abandons him after he loses his sight. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. Unlike many of the era, the film is still extant.

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References

  1. Grover p.210

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