The Hireling is a 1957 novel by the British writer L.P. Hartley.Wright p.185 A widowed aristocrat bonds with the ex-soldier who drives his own car in a chauffeur service.
Adaptation In 1973 the novel was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Alan Bridges and starring Robert Shaw and Sarah Miles.Goble p.209
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Wright, Adrian. Foreign Country: The Life of L.P. Hartley. I. B. Tauris, 2001.