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| Author | J. Storer Clouston |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Publisher | William Blackwood & Sons |
Publication date | 1899 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Followed by | The Lunatic at Large Again |
The Lunatic at Large is an 1899 comedy novel by the British writer J. Storer Clouston. A popular success, it was followed by three sequels The Lunatic at Large Again (1922), The Lunatic Still at Large (1923), and The Lunatic In Charge (1926). [1]
Francis Beveridge escapes from a lunatic asylum and heads for London. There, at a luxury hotel he meets up with a travelling German baron and becomes his guide to the sights of England and its capital city.
It has been made into films on two occasions, a 1921 British silent film directed by and starring Henry Edwards and a 1927 American silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Leon Errol, Dorothy Mackaill and Warren Cook. [2]
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