By Love Possessed (novel)
By Love Possessed is a novel, written by James Gould Cozzens. It was published in 1957, by Harcourt Brace and Company. The novel was bestselling and critically acclaimed. It was awarded the Howells prize, an award given every five years to the best novel of the previous 5 years.
The novel was turned into a film, starring Lana Turner. In 1961, it was the first inflight film, screened on a TWA flight.
By Love Possessed was one of Cozzens' "professional novels," stories that presents fully developed characters, with a special emphasis on the details of their work.
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