The Melody of Death

The Melody of Death
AuthorEdgar Wallace
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime
PublisherArrowsmith
Publication date
1915
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

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

  1. ^ 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.