The story of AL
's life in Siam was romanticized in 1944 by Margaret Landon
in Anna and the King of Siam. This in turn spawned the Rodgers
and Hammerstein
Tony-winning musical The King...
Literary responses
Anna Leonowens
According to biographer Leslie Smith Dow
, AL
's former pupil King Chulalongkorn
asked the writer at a meeting why she had published such a scathing account of his father, King Mongkut
. She replied...
Textual Features
Anna Leonowens
Griswold
argues that AL
exaggerated the punishment, and suggests that Tuptim may not have received any punishment at all, because the country did not enforce that ancient law and Mongkut allowed his wives to resign...
