Author | A.A. Milne |
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Language | English |
Genre | Comedy Mystery |
Publisher |
Methuen (UK) Dutton (US) |
Publication date | 1933 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Four Days Wonder is a 1933 comedy novel by the British writer A.A. Milne. [1] Jenny, the heroine of the story, is an 18 year old orphan, who spends her life daydreaming. Her mind is occupied with an imaginary conversation when she absent-mindedly walks into her old home, now let to a respectable, middle-aged couple. Jenny finds, on the floor, the body of her long-lost Aunt Jane, and suddenly realises that she is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In 1936 it was adapted into a film of the same title by the American studio Universal Pictures. Directed by Sidney Salkow it starred Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper and Alan Mowbray. [2]
Author | A.A. Milne |
---|---|
Language | English |
Genre | Comedy Mystery |
Publisher |
Methuen (UK) Dutton (US) |
Publication date | 1933 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type |
Four Days Wonder is a 1933 comedy novel by the British writer A.A. Milne. [1] Jenny, the heroine of the story, is an 18 year old orphan, who spends her life daydreaming. Her mind is occupied with an imaginary conversation when she absent-mindedly walks into her old home, now let to a respectable, middle-aged couple. Jenny finds, on the floor, the body of her long-lost Aunt Jane, and suddenly realises that she is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
In 1936 it was adapted into a film of the same title by the American studio Universal Pictures. Directed by Sidney Salkow it starred Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper and Alan Mowbray. [2]