Travelling home from a European holiday, Iris Carr ends up alone at the station after a quarrel with her friends. Struck by a mysterious assailant and waking up just in time to board the train which will take her on her journey to London, things seem to be looking up after a chance meeting with the affable Miss Froy. But when Iris passes out and reawakens, Miss Froy is nowhere to be found. The other passengers deny any knowledge of her existence and as the train speeds across Europe, Iris spirals deeper and deeper into a strange conspiracy. Adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred…mehr
Travelling home from a European holiday, Iris Carr ends up alone at the station after a quarrel with her friends. Struck by a mysterious assailant and waking up just in time to board the train which will take her on her journey to London, things seem to be looking up after a chance meeting with the affable Miss Froy. But when Iris passes out and reawakens, Miss Froy is nowhere to be found. The other passengers deny any knowledge of her existence and as the train speeds across Europe, Iris spirals deeper and deeper into a strange conspiracy. Adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938, Ethel Lina White's suspenseful mystery remains her best-known novel, worthy of acknowledgement as a classic of the genre in its own right.
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Ethel Lina White (1876 - 1944) was a renowned British author, best recognized for her contributions to the mystery and crime fiction genres. Her work was characterized by its gripping narratives, rich with suspense and often set against the backdrop of the English countryside. Among her notable works, 'The Wheel Spins' (1936) stands out, a novel that would later be adapted by Alfred Hitchcock into the classic film 'The Lady Vanishes'. White was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales, and began her career writing short stories for magazines. With a prolific output, she authored numerous novels, demonstrating a particular skill in developing strong female protagonists who found themselves embroiled in eerie and perilous situations. Her literary style often involved the use of ordinary settings into which elements of the uncanny or the criminal would intrude, altering the lives of her characters in dramatic fashion. While less known today than some contemporaries, White's work was influential in the crime genre and remains of interest to scholars and enthusiasts of vintage crime literature. She had the ability to evoke palpable tension with a deft hand, a quality that has secured her legacy in the pantheon of early 20th-century British crime writers.
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