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Anthony Adverse is a 1933 novel by American author Hervey Allen. It was published by Farrar & Rinehart. [2] The novel contains three volumes: The Roots of the Tree, The Other Bronze Boy and The Lonely Twin, and each volume contains three "books", making for nine books in total. [3]
Anthony Adverse is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Hervey Allen 's 1933 historical novel, Anthony Adverse.
Anthony Adverse, historical novel by Hervey Allen, published in 1933. A long, rambling work set in Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Napoleonic era, Anthony Adverse relates the many adventures of the eponymous hero. These include slave trading in Africa, his experiences as a businessman.
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The novels tell the story of Salathiel Albine, a frontiersman kidnapped as a boy by Shawnee Indians in the 1750s. All three works were collected and published as the City in the Dawn. Allen also wrote Israfel (1926), a biography of American writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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Anthony Adverse. Hardcover – January 1, 1933. From Encyclopædia Britannica: "A historical novel by Hervey Allen published in 1933. A long, rambling work set in Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the Napoleonic era, Anthony Adverse relates the many adventures of the eponymous hero.
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First published: 1933. Type of work: Novel. Type of plot: Picaresque romance. Time of work: Late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Locale: Western Europe, Africa, and North America....
Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen follows the story of a young Scottish beauty Maria Bonnyfeather, who is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged Spanish nobleman Marquis Don Luis. Don...