The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (novel)

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The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks
Author Emilio Carrere
Country Spain
LanguageSpanish
Genre Historical
Horror
Publication date
1920
Media typePrint

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Spanish:La Torre de los Siete Jorobados) is a 1920 novel by the Spanish writer Emilio Carrere. It is a gothic mystery with elements of horror set in 19th-century Madrid. The body of the story itself is cobbled together from several of Carrere's pre-existing short stories.

Contents

There is some question over whether Carrere was solely responsible for the work, and some academics believe that Spanish science fiction writer Jesús de Aragón was responsible for substantial portions of the text. [1] [2] [3]

Film adaptation

In 1944 the novel served as the basis for the film The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks directed by Edgar Neville. [4]

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References

  1. Reyes, Xavier Aldana (16 March 2017). "The Twentieth Century (1900-1975): Modernist Spiritualism and Political Gothic". Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 145. ISBN   9781137306005 . Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  2. Palacios, Jesús (2004). Desde el infierno: Una historia oculta del siglo XX. Oberon Books. ISBN   9788496052567.
  3. Ben, Julia María Labrador; Álvarez-Insúa, Alberto Sánchez (2004). "Nuevas pruebas documentales acerca de la autoría de "La torre de los siete jorobados" de Emilio Carrère". Anales del Instituto de Estudios Madrileños (in Spanish). Instituto de Estudios Madrileños (44): 929–936. ISSN   0584-6374 . Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  4. Hardy & Milne p.86

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