All Roads Lead to Calvary (novel) explained

All Roads Lead to Calvary
Author:Jerome K. Jerome
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Genre:Drama
Release Date:1919
Media Type:Print

All Roads Lead to Calvary is a 1919 novel by the British writer Jerome K. Jerome. It was one of the last works written by Jerome, better known for his Three Men in a Boat, and shows the influence of the First World War on him. It is a Bildungsroman in which a Cambridge University educated woman Joan Allway becomes a journalist and then a wartime ambulance driver. She encounters various different people, gaining new experiences and confronting many of the moral issues of the day.

Film adaptation

In 1921 the novel was turned into a silent British film All Roads Lead to Calvary directed by Kenelm Foss.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Low p.328