PROUTY, Olive Higgins

Now, Voyager

First edition. Contemporary gift inscription, corners a bit bumped, a very good plus copy in a very good, edgeworn dustwrapper with a chip in the upper righthand corner of the front panel. Novel of a repressed woman who sets out on a cruise to discover freedom and life. Basis for the film featuring Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and two cigarettes, with Claude Rains helping them along. Reportedly Davis, who took then unheard of chances with the role by deliberately gaining weight and foregoing makeup, extensively reworked the original screenplay herself, incorporating more of the novel's dialogue. Though she missed the Oscar, the movie was Davis's most successful film of the decade. A nice, presentable copy of an exceptionally scarce novel.

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