The Mortal Storm (novel)

The Mortal Storm

First US edition
Author	Phyllis Bottome
Language	English
Genre	Drama
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK) Little, Brown (US)
Publication date	1937
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

The Mortal Storm is a 1937 novel by the British writer Phyllis Bottome. An anti-Nazi novel, ^[1] it depicts the impact of Adolf Hitler's regime on a German family, and their conversion to resistance against the Third Reich.

Film adaptation

In 1940 it was made into the film The Mortal Storm by the Hollywood studio MGM, directed by Frank Borzage and starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart and Robert Young. ^[2]

References

1. Spiro p.254
2. Goble p.49

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Spiro, Mia. Anti-Nazi Modernism: The Challenges of Resistance in 1930s Fiction. Northwestern University Press, 2012.