| 词条 | 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] SummarySummarized 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{{portal|Novels}}
References1. ^Polly Pattullo, "Phyllis Alfrey: The Art of Living Together", Caribbean Beat, Issue 6 (Summer 1993). 2. ^https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0399193/ 3. ^https://repeatingislands.com/2015/03/24/royal-news-at-repeating-islands-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge/ 4. ^{{imdb title|id=0102601|title=The Orchid House}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/movies/the-orchid-house-59313860/|title=The Orchid House {{!}} Movie {{!}} 1990|last=Staff|first=Hollywood.com|website=Hollywood.com|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-19}} 6. ^Biography of author Phyllis Shand Allfrey, The Orchid House (1991 reprint). London: Virago Modern Classics. 7. ^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
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