Walter Greenwood's 'Love on the Dole': Novel, Play, Film

by Chris Hopkins

Book Overview

Love on the Dole (1933), the iconic novel about 1930s British working-class life, has a significant place in British cultural history. Its author, Walter Greenwood, went from unemployed Salford man to best-selling writer, and the novel has never been out of print. The 1935 stage adaptation was said to have been seen by three million people by 1940, including the King and Queen. Greenwood proposed a film adaption in 1936, but the story was pronounced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786941791
• ISBN13: 9781786941794
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"