Household Ghosts is a 1961 novel by the British writer James Kennaway. It portrays the intense relationship between a brother and sister, members of a declining upper-class family in rural Perthshire.[1]

Household Ghosts
First edition
AuthorJames Kennaway
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherLongman
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint

Adaptation edit

In 1970 it was made into the film Country Dance directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Peter O'Toole and Susannah York.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Watson p.164
  2. ^ Goble p.256

Bibliography edit

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Watson, Roderick. The Literature of Scotland: The Twentieth Century. Macmillan, 2006.