About this title: "Don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!" The film that concludes with Bette Davis's famous words, reaffirmed Davis's own stardom and changed the way Americans smoked cigarettes. But few contemporary fans of this story of a woman's self-realisation know its source. Olive Higgins Prouty's 1941 novel 'Now, Voyager' provides an even richer, deeper portrait of the inner life of its protagonist and the society she inhabits. Viewed from a distance of more than 60 years, it also offers fresh and quietly radical takes on psychiatric treatment, traditional family life, female desire, and ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781558614765ISBN:1558614761
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Trade PaperBack, Very Good / read more
Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books, New York
Date Published: 1943
Description: Acceptable. 1943 Hardback No d/j. acceptable condition. Binding good, pages yellowing. Thanks for looking at our books we ship fast and we guarantee books we sell. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Feminist Pr
Date Published: 2004-10-15
ISBN-13:9781558614765ISBN:1558614761
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781558614765. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books, Boston
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Hardcover, 1941 Triangle Books printing. Has been used, not marked or torn. See our customer image #7911. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books, New York
Date Published: 1943
Description: Fine. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is a very clean, solid copy with previous owner name, address, bookplate inside front cover. No other markings. Pages are age tanned and clean with no writing, stains, creases or tears. Boards are clean with faint shelf wear. Binding solid. Spine gently rounded. Carefully handled. (62) read more
Edition: First Ed
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dell
Description: Good. No Jacket. First paperback ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear, front cover crease, previous owner name on first page. read more
Edition: New edition
Publisher: The Feminist Press of the City University of New York
Date Published: 2004
Description: A brand new copy. 8vo. paperbound. Fiction. The novel made into the fine movie starring Bette Davis and Paul Henreid. A new edition. This is a publisher's advance uncorrected proof copy of the book. read more
"It's being newly marketed as "pulp" and I suppose it is, but I tend to think of pulp has having some seedy elements -- murder, blackmail -- really, a gun should show up somewhere. This book is far too civilized for stuff like that. It's "women's fiction" -- kind of a romance, but entirely centered on the inner life of the female protagonist. I was amazed at how closely the movie stuck to the book, with many of the best lines of dialogue lifted straight from the novel."
"If you've seen the movie based on this lovely little gem of pulp fiction, you won't find much surprising here, but that hardly makes a difference. The story of Charlotte Vale and her butterfly emergence isn't a typical romance. Prouty did a nice job of picking up most romance conventions and then turning them sideways to fit the characters. Originally published in 1941, the sensibilities and rules of that not-so-distant period underlie everything and control the characters' choices. That just makes some of those choices even more unusual and Charlotte more engaging.
I stayed up all night to read the book in a single sitting, even though I know the story well and had no reason to expect any changes. The writing is competent and occasionally beautiful, but it avoids falling into romantic, lyrical syrup. Expression of emotions might feel somewhat stilted to modern readers, but they are still real, powerful and believable. It's not a terribly deep book, but it doesn't need to be. I enjoyed following Charlotte through her journey, and watching Prouty play with reader expectations."
"Four stars might be a little high, but this classic pulp lived up so nicely to its reputation I wanted to reward it. Truly a Delightful Romp with some real social commentary underneath the trappings of a classic women's novel."
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