Heart of a Child (novel)

Heart of a Child

First edition
Author	Phyllis Bottome
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publisher	Faber and Faber
Publication date	1940
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Heart of a Child is a 1940 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. Set in the Tirol, Austria, it focuses on a boy and his pet Saint Bernard. ^[1]

Adaptation

In 1958 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Clive Donner and starring Jean Anderson, Donald Pleasence and Maureen Pryor. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Jones p.96 (location of novel corrected)
2. Goble p.49
3. Vagg, Stephen (21 June 2025). "Forgotten British Film Studios: The Rank Organisation Films of 1958". Filmink. Retrieved 21 June 2025.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Jones, Amanda. Bringing Up War-Babies: The Wartime Child in Women’s Writing and Psychoanalysis at Mid-Century. Routledge, 2018.