Language English Media type Print Publisher Chatto & Windus | Publication date 1925 Originally published 1925 Genre Historical Fiction Illustrator David Garnett | |
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Adaptations The Sailor's Return (1978) Similar David Garnett books, Other books | ||
The Sailor's Return is a 1925 British novel by David Garnett. In Victorian England, a black woman "marries" a sailor and faces hostility from the local community in Dorset.
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Ballet
In 1947, British choreographer Andrée Howard created The Sailor's Return for Ballet Rambert. It was her second ballet based on Garnett's work, her first being her 1939 work of the same name based on Garnett's Lady into Fox.
Adaptation
In 1978 Euston Films adapted them novel into a film. The film was directed by Jack Gold and starred Tom Bell and Shope Shodeinde.
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