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| Author | Edgar Wallace |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Arrowsmith |
Publication date | 1915 |
| Media type | |
The Melody of Death is a 1915 crime novel by the British writer Edgar Wallace. Believing that he is suffering from a fatal illness a newly-married man begins to commit a series of crimes to make sure his wife will be provided for after his death.
Film adaptation
In 1922 the story was turned into a silent film Melody of Death directed by Floyd Martin Thornton, one of a number of Wallace adaptations made by Stoll Pictures.[1]
References
- ^ Goble p.488
Bibliography
- Clark, Neil. Stranger than Fiction: The Life of Edgar Wallace, the Man Who Created King Kong. The History Press, 2015.
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
- The Melody of Death at Standard Ebooks
- The Melody of Death at Faded Page (Canada)
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