The Constant Nymph
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| Author | Margaret Kennedy |
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| Country | Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
| Publication date | 1924 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 344 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
The Constant Nymph is a novel by Margaret 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.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
The novel was first adapted for film in 1928 by Adrian Brunel and Alma Reville and directed by Brunel and Basil Dean. It starred Ivor Novello, Mabel Poulton and Benita Hume.
It was again adapted in 1934, adapted by Dorothy Farnum and directed by Dean. It featured Victoria Hopper, Brian Aherne and Leonora Corbett.
It was adapted for film a third time in 1943. It starred Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty and Peter Lorre. It was adapted by Kathryn Scola and directed by Edmund Goulding. Fontaine was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
