The Claw (novel)

Last updated October 02, 2025

The Claw is a 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley. Set in Colonial South Africa and Zimbabwe, the work follows the adventures of an eighteen-year-old girl who was born in South Africa to Irish parents. From South Africa she travels to Mashonaland in a time of political unrest when there is an uprising of the Matabele people.^[1] The novel was adapted into a silent film twice.^[2]

Film adaptations

The Claw (1918, Select Pictures)^[2]
The Claw (1927, Universal Pictures)^[2]

References

↑ Clara Elizabeth Fanning; Justina Leavitt Wilson, eds. (1911). "Stockley, Cynthia. The Claw.". Book Review Digest, Seventh Annual Cumulation: Book Reviews of 1911 in One Alphabet. H. W. Wilson Company. p. 449.
1 2 3 Alan Goble, ed. (2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 443. ISBN 9783110951943.

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[1] Clara Elizabeth Fanning; Justina Leavitt Wilson, eds. (1911). "Stockley, Cynthia. The Claw.". Book Review Digest, Seventh Annual Cumulation: Book Reviews of 1911 in One Alphabet. H. W. Wilson Company. p. 449.

[Bowker-2] 1 2 3 Alan Goble, ed. (2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 443. ISBN 9783110951943.

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