- The Primrose Ring
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name = The Primrose Ring
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author =Ruth Sawyer
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country =United States
language = English
genre =Novel
publisher =Grosset & Dunlap
release_date = 1915
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
pages = N/A
isbn = ISBN 101734043X
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followed_by ="The Primrose Ring" is a novel by
Ruth Sawyer , published first in 1915 and illustrated by Fanny Munsell. This was Sawyer's first published novel. She later wrote the 1937Newbery Medal winner "Roller Skates".It was made into a silent film by Paramount in 1917, starring
Mae Murray and an uncreditedLoretta Young (in her film debut as a Fairy) and directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Screen credits went toMarion Fairfax and Catherine Carr and photography credits to Charles Rosher. Other actors include Tom Moore and Winter Hall.Plot summary
"In a children's hospital, a nurse relates the story of a giant ogre named Pain to the young patients." [http://www.missinglinkclassichorror.co.uk/pi.htm]
External links
*gutenberg|no=15482|name=The Primrose Ring
* [http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=17716 Film description]
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