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| Author | Margaret Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Cassell (UK) Random House (US) |
| Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
The Midas Touch is a 1938 novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy. It was her eighth novel, she then took a decade-long break before producing her next work The Feast in 1949. It was a Daily Mail Book of the Month.
Synopsis
Evan Jones, a charismatic young Welshman used to living off his wits arrives in London and falls into the orbit of Corris Morgan, a business tycoon and Bessie Carter Blake a fraudulent psychic.
Film adaptation
In 1940 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly and Frank Cellier.
References
- Vinson p.403
- Stringer & Sutherland p.358
- Goble p.256
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Hartley, Cathy. A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Routledge, 2013.
- Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.
- Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996.
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