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| Author | James Gould Cozzens |
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| Cover artist | Johannes Troyer[1] |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace and Company |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 570 |
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.
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.