By Love Possessed (novel)
1957 novel by James Gould Cozzens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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By Love Possessed is a novel written by James Gould Cozzens in the middle 1950s. It was published on August 26, 1957, by Harcourt Brace and Company, and became a critically acclaimed best-seller. In 1960, it was awarded the William Dean Howells Medal, an award given every five years to the best novel of the previous five years.
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Author | James Gould Cozzens |
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Cover artist | Johannes Troyer[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Harcourt Brace and Company |
Publication date | 1957 |
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Pages | 570 |
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The novel was turned into a feature film in which Lana Turner co-starred.
By Love Possessed was one of Cozzens's "professional novels", whose stories presented fully developed characters and placed a special emphasis on the details of their work.