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The Fool of the Family

by Margaret Kennedyliterary work· published 1930

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The Fool of the Family is a 1930 novel by the British writer Margaret Kennedy. It is the sequel to her 1924 bestseller The Constant Nymph. In 1934, Kennedy adapted the novel into a play Escape Me Never which in turn had two film adaptations, Escape Me Never (1935) and Escape Me Never (1947). Vinson, James (1982). "Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers". Macmillan. pp. 1–733. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-06127-3_1. ISBN 978-1-349-06129-7. : Missing or empty |title= (help) Stringer, Jenny & Sutherland, John. The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-century Literature in English. Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 9780192122711. Full text of The Fool of the Family at HathiTrust Digital Library

Adaptations (1)

The Fool of the Family was adapted into a 1947 film.

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    Escape Me Never
    1947 · film · 104 min · dir. Peter Godfrey · IMDb ↗
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    A penniless composer marries a young widow with a baby—even though he is in love with his brother's fiancée.

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