Bella Donna (novel)

Bella Donna
AuthorRobert Hichens
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
Publication date
1909
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Bella Donna is a 1909 British romance novel by the British writer Robert Hichens.[1]

Summary

A flighty young Englishwoman marries an Egyptologist. Once on the archaeological site she falls for a suave Egyptian, and plots to do away with her husband.

Reception

It was listed among the top six bestselling books in the United States in the December 1909 (ranked sixth) and January 1910 (ranked second) issues of The Bookman.[2][3]

Adaptations

It has been made into films on four occasions:

References

  1. ^ Kotowski p.55
  2. ^ Best Selling Books, The Bookman, December 1909, p. 434
  3. ^ Best Selling Books, The Bookman, January 1910, p. 546

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kotowski, Mariusz. Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.


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