Moss Rose (novel) explained

Moss Rose
Author:	Marjorie Bowen
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Mystery thriller
Publisher:	Heinemann
Release Date:	1934
Media Type:	Print

Moss Rose is a 1934 mystery novel by the British writer Marjorie Bowen, written under the pen name of Joseph Shearing.^[1] It is based on the unsolved murder of Harriet Buswell in 1872.^[2] The title refers to Moss Rose, a flowering plant.

Adaptations

It was adapted into the 1947 film Moss Rose directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature and Ethel Barrymore.^[3]

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.

Notes and References

1. Vinson p.92
2. Book: Stewart, Victoria. Crime Writing in Interwar Britain: Fact and Fiction in the Golden Age. Cambridge University Press. 9781316510001. 52. Revisiting Victorian Sensations. 24 August 2017.
3. Goble p.422