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Hello all,
One of my current projects involves slogging through the manuscript of Pale Fire. I recently came across a variant that seems to refer to a long, picaresque 1930s novel by Hervey Allen called Anthony Adverse. According to Wikipedia, it was turned into a movie starring, among others, Olivia de Havilland. The plot is not easily described, but one character, Angela, becomes an actress and a mistress to Napoleon, much like Iris Acht and Thurgus, perhaps. It’s a longshot, but I wonder if anyone on the list has any special knowledge of this book or its movie adaptation.
Thanks,
Matt Roth
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One of my current projects involves slogging through the manuscript of Pale Fire. I recently came across a variant that seems to refer to a long, picaresque 1930s novel by Hervey Allen called Anthony Adverse. According to Wikipedia, it was turned into a movie starring, among others, Olivia de Havilland. The plot is not easily described, but one character, Angela, becomes an actress and a mistress to Napoleon, much like Iris Acht and Thurgus, perhaps. It’s a longshot, but I wonder if anyone on the list has any special knowledge of this book or its movie adaptation.
Thanks,
Matt Roth
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