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Hatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the fictional town of Levenford, on the Firth of Clyde. The plot revolves around many characters and has many subplots, all of which relate to the life of the hatter, James Brodie, whose narcissism and cruelty gradually destroy his family and life.
- A. J. Cronin
- 1931
A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle: Directed by Lance Comfort. With Robert Newton, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Emlyn Williams. James Brodie (Robert Newton) is the only hatter in a small area in Scotland.
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- Drama
- Lance Comfort
- 1948-04-19
Hatter's Castle is a 1942 British film noir based on the 1931 novel Hatter's Castle by A. J. Cronin, which dramatizes the ruin that befalls a Scottish hatter set on recapturing his imagined lost nobility.
Hatter's Castle. A.J. Cronin, Dorotėja Inkenaitė (Translator) 4.35. 4,311 ratings252 reviews. Hatter's Castle (1931) is the first novel of author A. J. Cronin. The story is set in 1879, in the fictional town of Levenford, on the Firth of Clyde.
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- 1931
- A. J. Cronin
- Hardcover
Mar 28, 2013 · Synopsis. A. J. Cronin’s famous story is a soul-stirring novel of pride and greed, and its terrible retribution. When her father forced her to leave school, and cut off all her contact with the past and future, Mary Brodie’s whole life became the narrow compass of her family’s cold, comfortless house in a small Scottish town.
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it.
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Hatter’s Castle is a bleak tale of destruction and shame, the brilliant Gothic sets and period manners deepening the oppressiveness and making the pain prettier. By Michael Bayer. Share this film. Mary Brodie (Deborah Kerr) lives in fear of her maniacal father. Dr. Renwick (James Mason) observes the torment of Brodie's household. Film Tags.
