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Aunt Clara (novel)

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Aunt Clara
AuthorNoel Streatfeild
LanguageEnglish
GenreComedy drama
PublisherCollins
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Aunt Clara is a 1952 comedy novel by the British writer Noel Streatfeild. It concerns a respectable elderly woman who inherits her relative's estate which proves to include a greyhound and a brothel. Although her more worldly relatives expect her to struggle, she proves equal to the task.[1]

Film adaptation

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In 1954 it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Ronald Shiner, Margaret Rutherford and A. E. Matthews.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Hettinga & Schmidt p.248
  2. ^ Goble p.446

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hettinga, Donald R. & Schmidt, Gary D. British Children's Writers, 1914–1960. Gale Research, 1996.