The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (novel) explained

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks
Author:	Emilio Carrere
Country:	Spain
Language:	Spanish
Genre:	Historical Horror
Release Date:	1920
Media Type:	Print

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (Spanish:La Torre de los Siete Jorobados) is a 1920 novel by the Spanish writer Emilio Carrere. It is a gothic mystery with elements of horror set in 19th-century Madrid. The body of the story itself is cobbled together from several of Carrere's pre-existing short stories.

There is some question over whether Carrere was solely responsible for the work, and some academics believe that Spanish science fiction writer Jesús de Aragón was responsible for substantial portions of the text.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Film adaptation

In 1944 the novel served as the basis for the film The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks directed by Edgar Neville.^[4]

Bibliography

• Hardy, Phil & Milne, Tom. Horror. Aurum Press, 1996.

Notes and References

1. Book: Reyes , Xavier Aldana . Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation . The Twentieth Century (1900-1975): Modernist Spiritualism and Political Gothic . . 16 March 2017 . 145 . English . 9781137306005 . 2021-12-01.
2. Book: Palacios , Jesús . Jesus Palacios Trigo

   . Jesus Palacios Trigo . Desde el infierno: Una historia oculta del siglo XX . . 2004 . English . 9788496052567.

3. Ben . Julia María Labrador . Álvarez-Insúa . Alberto Sánchez . Nuevas pruebas documentales acerca de la autoría de "La torre de los siete jorobados" de Emilio Carrère . Anales del Instituto de Estudios Madrileños . 44 . 929–936 . Instituto de Estudios Madrileños . 2004 . Spanish . 0584-6374 . 2021-12-01.
4. Hardy & Milne p.86