The Truants (novel)

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The Truants
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Author A.E.W. Mason
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publication date
1904
Publication place United Kingdom
Media typePrint

The Truants is a 1904 novel by the British writer A.E.W. Mason. An English officer deserts from the French Foreign Legion to return home to confront a man who has been bothering his wife.

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Film adaptation

In 1922 the novel was turned into a British silent film of the same title directed by Sinclair Hill. [1]

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  1. Low p.469

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