Simon Called Peter
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Simon Called Peter is a novel by Robert Keable (1887-1927) [1] which was a best-seller in 1921.[2] The title is a reference to Simon Peter the apostle and first Pope of the Catholic church. It was mentioned in The Great Gatsby: the narrator reads a chapter and describes it as not making any sense, because it was either terrible or due to the whiskey.
The book was controversial at its introduction due to its sexual and religious content; it was made into a play by Jules Eckert Goodman and Edward Knoblock[3]; it had a short run in Chicago. [4] The novel was followed by a sequel, Recompense, published in 1924 [5] and made into a 1925 motion picture with the same title, directed by Harry Beaumont [6]
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Time Magazine, Jan 2, 1928
- ^ Great War Fiction by George Simmer
- ^ [2] Time Magazine, Aug. 18, 2004
- ^ Internet Broadway Database
- ^ [3] Time April 21, 1924.
- ^ Harry Beaumont Filmography
[edit] External links
- Simon Called Peter, available at Project Gutenberg.
