The Fountain (novel) explained

The Fountain
Author:	Charles Morgan
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	War romance
Publisher:	Macmillan
Release Date:	1932
Media Type:	Print

The Fountain is a 1932 romantic war novel by the British author Charles Morgan. It takes place in the neutral Netherlands during the First World War and is "sometimes considered his most successful work".^[1] It was awarded the Hawthornden Prize the same year.

Film adaptation

In 1934 it was adapted into a Hollywood film of the same title produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by John Cromwell.^[2]

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Head, Dominic (ed.) The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Notes and References

1. Head p.767
2. Goble p.334