- The Constant Nymph
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name = The Constant Nymph
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author =Margaret Kennedy
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country = Britain
language = English
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genre =Novel
publisher = Heinemann
release_date = 1924
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = 344 pp
isbn = NA
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followed_by ="The Constant Nymph" is a
novel byMargaret Kennedy which tells the story of a teenage girl who falls in love with a family friend who eventually marries her cousin. The two girls show mutual jealousy over their common love for the man.The novel was a best-seller after it was first published, becoming the first novel of a genre that became might be called 'Bohemian'. A significant part of its success was due to its (for the time) shocking sexual content, describing, as it does, scenes of adolescent sexuality and noble savagery in the Austrian Tyrol.
The novel was adapted into a play by Kennedy and
Basil Dean .Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The novel was first adapted for film in 1928 by
Adrian Brunel andAlma Reville and directed by Brunel and Basil Dean. It starredIvor Novello ,Mabel Poulton andBenita Hume .It was again adapted in 1934, adapted by
Dorothy Farnum and directed by Dean. It featuredVictoria Hopper ,Brian Aherne andLeonora Corbett .It was adapted for film a third time in 1943. It starred
Charles Boyer ,Joan Fontaine ,Brenda Marshall ,Alexis Smith ,Charles Coburn , DameMay Whitty andPeter Lorre . It was adapted byKathryn Scola and directed byEdmund Goulding . Fontaine was nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Actress .External links
*imdb title|id=0018791|title=The Constant Nymph (1928)
*imdb title|id=0024998|title=The Constant Nymph (1934)
*imdb title|id=0035751|title=The Constant Nymph (1943)
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