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Olive Higgins Prouty (1882–1974)

Författare till Now, Voyager

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Verk av Olive Higgins Prouty

Now, Voyager (1941) 214 exemplar
Now, Voyager [1942 film] (1942) — Novel — 109 exemplar
Stella Dallas (1923) 82 exemplar
Home Port (1947) 31 exemplar
The Fifth Wheel (2006) 14 exemplar
White Fawn (1931) 13 exemplar
Bobbie, General Manager (2010) 10 exemplar
Fabia (1952) 7 exemplar
Lisa Vale (1938) 7 exemplar
Pencil shavings; memoirs (1985) 5 exemplar
Good Sports 3 exemplar
Conflict 2 exemplar

Associerade verk

Stella Dallas [1937 film] (1937) — Original novel — 28 exemplar
Stella [1990 film] (2003) — Original novel — 5 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1882-01-10
Avled
1974-03-24
Begravningsplats
Walnut Hills Cemetery, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dödsort
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Bostadsorter
Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Utbildning
Smith College
Yrken
novelist
poet
memoirist
Kort biografi
Olive Higgins Prouty was born and raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. She graduated from Smith College with a BA in literature in 1904, and married Lewis Prouty three years later. Prouty began her literary career with the encouragement of Albert Boyden, an editor at the American Magazine who published her first story, "When Elsie Came" in 1909. Her debut novel Bobbie, General Manager, appeared in 1913.

Her next book was The Fifth Wheel (1916). Her novel Stella Dallas, published in 1923, was adapted into a stage play in 1924, and into popular movies in 1925, 1937, and 1990. Her 1941 novel Now, Voyager was made into a successful film of the same name in 1942, starring Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale. Prouty also wrote other novels in the Vale series, White Fawn (1931), Lisa Vale (1938), and Fabia (1951). During her lifetime, Prouty also was known for her philanthropic works and for her association with Sylvia Plath. Plath was the 1950 recipient of a scholarship that Prouty had endowed at Smith College for "promising young writers." She paid for Plath's care in a private sanatorium following Plath's unsuccessful suicide attempt in 1953. Plath's then-husband, Ted Hughes, later referred in his poetry collection Birthday Letters to how
"Prouty was there, tender and buoyant moon." Prouty's own psychological problems and the loss of two of her children may have made her particularly sensitive to the troubles of others. In 1961, she wrote her memoirs but, as her public profile had faded, she could not find a publisher, so she printed the book her own expense. Her collection of poetry was published posthumously in 1997 by Friends of the Goddard Library at Clark University as Between the Barnacles and Bayberries: and Other Poems.

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MOGU3 | Drama & Romance | .M4V | Protected | 1.38 Gigabits | 1486 Kilobits Per Second | 640 Frame Width | 480 Frame Height | 0.10 Frames/Second | Boston spinster Charlotte has had her life controlled entirely by her wealthy mother, Mrs. Henry Vale. Feeling despondent, she's convinced to spend time in a sanitarium. Soon she is transformed into a sophisticated, confident woman. On a cruise to South America, Charlotte meets and begins an affair with Jerry Durrance, a married architect. Six months later, she returns home and confronts her mother with her independence. One day, after a brief argument, her mother has a heart attack and dies. Charlotte inherits the Vale fortune but feels guilty of her mother's death. She returns to the sanitarium, where she befriends a depressed young adolescent, Tina. The young girl's depression was brought on by being rejected by her mother--Charlotte's former lover Jerry's wife. Charlotte takes Tina home to Boston with her.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil… (mer)
 
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5653735991n | 4 andra recensioner | Jun 19, 2023 |
I have a love/hate relationship with this book. I hate it because the"ugly duckling" protagonist"blooms" because of the influence of a man, and I love it because she learns to be happy by herself, without being a couple. Charlotte Vale is from a rich Boston family. She has no self-esteem and her mother dominates and bullies her. She considers herself to be an old maid, and though her age is never specified, she's probably~35 when her story begins. She has a nervous breakdown, and as she is getting better, her doctor advised her "Now, Voyager," to go on a cruise. This is where she meets the man who changes her life.

Higgins Prouty is an author I admire, though she isn't much of a feminist. I loved "Stella Dallas," and I was impressed when I found out she was a supporter of Sylvia Plath, though sadly, Sylvia Plath repaid her kindness with harsh treatment in "The BellJar."
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burritapal | 8 andra recensioner | Oct 23, 2022 |
One of the saddest and most beautiful stories I've ever read, Stella Dallas is the story of a mother's unselfish love and wish for the very best for her daughter. Living in a snobbish community, pretty, ambitious, young Stella never had any idea but that she deserved the best that life had to give. She had access to it when she married Stephen Dallas, a young man from a good family name. But she could never give up the compulsion she had for receiving attention from men, and couldn't understand why it was not acceptable to her husband and others from the"smart set." This was her downfall in the uptight times and place her character occupied. When she found she was pregnant, she was at first horrified at the thought of what it would mean to her figure and her social calendar, to be a mother. But her love for"Lollie" grew, and Stella sacrificed everything so that Lollie could have the life Stella knew she deserved.… (mer)
 
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burritapal | 1 annan recension | Oct 23, 2022 |
The film has a special place for me, even though I find its world view not always comfortable. The book seems to be more assertive about Charlotte and her awakening, even if it still comes to much the same unsettling ending. I really enjoyed reading this, Charlotte came very alive for me and J.D. was a much more fleshed out character. Tina still remained much of an enigma but it feels deliberate and she is perhaps more of a means to an ends than a fully developed part of the story.I am still not finding the feminist message in it but it was a good and thought-provoking read.… (mer)
 
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amyem58 | 8 andra recensioner | Apr 5, 2021 |

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Verk
14
Även av
2
Medlemmar
503
Popularitet
#49,235
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
18
ISBN
47

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