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The House of Dr. Edwardes
Novel:
The House of Dr. Edwardes
(1927)
by Hilary St. George Sanders and John Palmer

Film Adaptation:
Spellbound (1945)

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The House of Dr. Edwardes (Novel)

Published: 1927

Author: Hilary St. George Sanders and John Palmer

Author Born: Jan. 14, 1898 • Clifton, Bedfordshire, England

Author Died: Dec. 16, 1951 • Nassau, Bahamas

Film Adaptation: Spellbound

Film Released: 1945

The House of Dr. Edwardes (Novel) Overview:

The House of Dr. Edwardes is a psychological thriller novel written by John Palmer (4 September 1885 – 5 August 1944) and Hilary A. Saunders (14 January 1898 – 16 December 1951), under the pseudonym "Francis Beeding".

The plot concerns a psychiatrist at an asylum which is about to get a new director. The new man is attracted to Dr. Constance Sedgwick, who discovers eventually that he is not what he claims to be.

The novel was adapted to film in 1945 as Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound.

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