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Peter Pettinger

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Peter Pettinger
1930 3rd edition
AuthorWilliam Riley
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherHerbert Jenkins Ltd
Publication date
1925
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Peter Pettinger is a 1925 novel by the British writer William Riley. In Yorkshire, a mechanic with strongly anti-capitalist views unexpectedly inherits a company and tries to run it on socialist lines.

Adaptation

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In 1945 it was adapted into the film The Agitator produced by British National Films, directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Goble p.390

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 199