My Uncle Benjamin (novel)

My Uncle Benjamin
1910 edition of novel
AuthorClaude Tillier
LanguageFrench
GenreComedy
Publication date
1843
Publication placeFrance
Media typePrint

My Uncle Benjamin (French: Mon oncle Benjamin) is an 1843 historical comedy novel by the French writer Claude Tillier.[1] It takes place in the 1750s during the reign of Louis XV.

Adaptations

The novel has been adapted for the screen several times, including a 1924 French silent film My Uncle Benjamin, a 1969 French-Italian film My Uncle Benjamin[2] as well as the 1968 Soviet version Don't Grieve.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wells p.87
  2. ^ Goble p.461
  3. ^ Chances p.285

Bibliography

  • Chances, Ellen. Andrei Bitov: The Ecology of Inspiration. Cambridge University Pressm 1993.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Wells, Benjamin Willis. A Century of French Fiction. Dodd, Mead, 1898.