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The Orchid House (novel)
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The Orchid House was a book published in 1953, and the only novel written by Dominican writer Phyllis Shand Allfrey. It is considered "a pioneering work of Caribbean literature".[1] The Orchid House is a fictionalized account of Allfrey's early life, narrated by an old Black nurse Lally from Montserrat. It was turned into a highly acclaimed film for British television.
Originally published by Constable, it was reissued in 1982 by Virago Press, and reprinted in 1991 at the time its Channel 4 television adaptation of the same name came out (directed by Horace Ové with Casting Director John Hubbard[2] and starring Elizabeth Hurley, Madge Sinclair, Diana Quick, Kate Buffery, British painter and grand-niece of Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Lindy Allfrey[3] and Frances Barber.[4][5] An American edition of the novel appeared in 1996.
A French-language version, La Maison des Orchidées, appeared in 1954.[6]
Contents
1 Summary
2 See also
3 References
4 ISBN data
5 External links
Summary
Summarized in an Introduction by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, "The novel, as narrated by the old nurse Lally, revolves around the return of three Creole sisters to their native island after years abroad: Stella, drawn to the lush tropical by an impassioned yearning; Joan, a grass-roots political activist in London; and Natalie, a wealthy old man's hedonistic widow..."[7]
See also
The Orchid House, the television miniseries.
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
References
^ Polly Pattullo, "Phyllis Alfrey: The Art of Living Together", Caribbean Beat, Issue 6 (Summer 1993).
^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399193/
^ https://repeatingislands.com/2015/03/24/royal-news-at-repeating-islands-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/
^ The Orchid House on IMDb
^ Staff, Hollywood.com. "The Orchid House | Movie | 1990". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2016-04-19..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Biography of author Phyllis Shand Allfrey, The Orchid House (1991 reprint). London: Virago Modern Classics.
^ Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, "Introduction" to Rutgers University Press edition, 1997, p. xix.
ISBN data
ISBN 1-85381-338-9 (paperback, Virago Press, 1991 reprint)
ISBN 0-8135-2332-X (New brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1992)
External links
- "Synopsis | The Orchid House By Professor Phyllis Shand Allfrey"
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