The Calendar (novel)

The Calendar is a 1930 British thriller novel by Edgar Wallace. A racehorse owner agrees to throw a race and has to deal with the consequences of his decision.[1] It is a novelisation of the 1929 play of the same title by Wallace.

First edition, William Collins, Sons, London, 1930

Publication

It was first published by William Collins, Sons, London, in 1930.[2]

Adaptations

The story was made into two films. A 1931 version starring Herbert Marshall and a 1948 version starring John McCallum[3]

There was also a stage version by Wallace, published by Samuel French Ltd. in 1932; the original production being directed by the author.[4]

gollark: Essays < most things.
gollark: Yes, the best way for the evil antimale conspiracy to act was to distribute a vaccine with very rare side effects not discovered in the clinical trials which manifest more in young men.
gollark: You don't actually need general human-level robotics for lots of automation, at least, if you redesign the environment into something which can be handled more easily.
gollark: Robotics seems to be advancing slowly compared to other AI, so it may end up being the case that physical labour is costlier than lots of intellectual work for a while, which would be really weird.
gollark: The technology is advancing. NONE will be spared, except those who will be spared, which is hard to predict in advance.

References
  1. "The Calendar". fantasticfiction.co.uk.
  2. "The Calendar". gutenberg.net.au.
  3. Michael O'Brien (5 July 1948). "The Calendar (1948)". IMDb.
  4. "Edgar Wallace - The Calendar". freeread.com.au.
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