title: The Hireling (novel)
text: # The Hireling (novel)
  
  The Hireling is a 1957 novel by the British writer L.P. Hartley. 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.
  
  