The Lodger
Marie Belloc Lowndes
264 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1592243304
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Language: English
Publish: September 1, 2003
British LiteratureClassicsCrimeFictionHistorical FictionHorrorMysteryMystery ThrillerSuspenseThriller
Written in 1913, The Lodger was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s first thriller, and a remarkable film it is. But the story Hitchcock tells — of young love and mistaken identity (and is that a mistake, or malicious accusation by a rival. . . ) — is very different from Lowndes’s tale.