The House of Dr. Edwardes
The House of Dr. Edwardes is a psychological thriller novel written by John Palmer and Hilary A. Saunders, under the pseudonym "Francis Beeding".
 First US edition (1928) | |
| Author | Francis Beeding (pseudonym for Hilary A. Saunders and John Palmer) |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Psychological Thriller |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Little, Brown and Company (US) |
Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 308 pp |
The plot concerns a psychiatrist at an asylum which is about to get a new director. The new man is attracted to Dr. Constance Sedgwick, who discovers eventually that he is not what he claims to be.
The novel was adapted to film in 1945 as Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.
References
- Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 45.
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