Carnival is a 1912 novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. A London ballet dancer falls in love with an aristocrat, but refuses to become his mistress and instead marries a Cornish farmer with ultimately tragic consequences. It was a commercial and critical success on its release.McLean p.66
Film adaptations It has been turned into films on three occasions: a 1916 American silent film The Ballet Girl directed by George Irving, a 1931 British film Dance Pretty Lady directed by Anthony Asquith and a 1946 British version Carnival by Stanley Haynes.Goble p.300
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. McLean, Adrienne L. Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2008.