The Bars of Iron (sometimes simply Bars of Iron) is a 1916 novel by the British writer Ethel M. Dell.[1] It was one of four of Dell's novels to make the Publishers Weekly list of top ten bestselling books during the 1910s in America.[2]

The Bars of Iron
1930 edition
AuthorEthel M. Dell
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHutchinson
Putnam (US)
Publication date
1916
Media typePrint

In 1920 it was adapted into a silent film of the same title by the British film studio Stoll Pictures. It was directed by Floyd Martin Thornton and featured Madge White and Joseph R. Tozer.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Vincent p.208
  2. ^ Barnett & Weedon p.11
  3. ^ Goble p.122

Bibliography edit

  • Barnett, Vincent L. & Weedon, Alexis. Elinor Glyn as Novelist, Moviemaker, Glamour Icon and Businesswoman. Routledge, 2016.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Vinson, James. Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers. Macmillan, 1982.