If the Gods Laugh

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If the Gods Laugh
If The Gods Laugh 1925 Cover.jpg
First US edition
Author Rosita Forbes
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
PublisherThornton Butterworth (UK)
Macaulay (US)
Publication date
1925
Media typePrint

If the Gods Laugh is a 1925 romantic adventure novel by the British writer and explorer Rosita Forbes. [1] It is set against the backdrop of the Italian colonization of Libya.

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Film adaptation

In 1927 it was adapted into the American silent film Fighting Love directed by Nils Olaf Chrisander and starring Jetta Goudal, Victor Varconi and Henry B. Walthall. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Watson & Willison p.1315
  2. Munden p.242
  3. Goble p.162

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