The Definite Object

The Definite Object

Author	Jeffrey Farnol
Language	English
Genre	Crime, Romance
Publisher	Sampson Low
Publication date	1917
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The Definite Object is a 1917 crime romance novel by the British writer Jeffery Farnol. ^[1] It was published in London by Sampson Low and in Boston by Little, Brown. ^[2] A popular success in the United States, it was included on the Publisher Weekly's list of ten bestselling novels that year. Set in New York City, it featured a millionaire tired of live who pretends to be a lowlife and falls in with a gang of criminals.

Adaptations

It has been adapted into films twice: a 1920 silent British film The Definite Object directed by Edgar J. Camiller and starring Ann Elliott and Manhattan a 1924 silent American film produced by Paramount Pictures starring Richard Dix and Jacqueline Logan. ^[3]

References

1. Speirs p.55
2. Vinson p.259
3. Goble p.151

Bibliography

• Bryan, Pat. Farnol: The Man Who Wrote Best-Sellers. 2002.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Speirs, Arlene Louise. Best-selling American Fiction in the War Years, 1914-1918. University of Iowa, 1942.
• Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.