Buried Alive (novel)
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| Author | Arnold Bennett |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
Publication date | 1908 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Buried Alive is a 1908 comedy novel by the British writer Arnold Bennett.[1] In 1913 Bennett adapted it as a play The Great Adventure. This later provided the basis for the 1968 musical Darling of the Day.
Priam Farll, a reclusive but celebrated British painter, returns home and to avoid public interest adopts the identity of his recently deceased valet. In turn his servant is given a state funeral. Farll is able to establish a peaceful new life until, needing to raise money, he begins painting again. Soon his works come to the attention of a connoisseur art dealer, threatening his happy new existence.
