<p>A Romance of Wastdale is a novel by the British writer A.E.W. Mason.<br><br>In 1921 it was turned into a film of the same name directed by Maurice Elvey and made by Stoll Pictures, Britain's biggest studio of the silent era.<br><br>A.E.W. Mason (7 May 1865 ? 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers and is also known as the creator of ...