Now, Voyager (novel)

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"Now, Voyager" is a 1941 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty that follows the psychological and emotional transformation of a repressed Boston spinster who seeks independence and self-worth.

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novel
person
adaptedAs Now, Voyager (1942 film) NERFINISHED
addressesIssue emotional abuse
social class in New England
women's roles in society
author Olive Higgins Prouty NERFINISHED
basedOn Now, Voyager NERFINISHED
character Dr. Jaquith NERFINISHED
Jeremiah Duvaux Durrance NERFINISHED
Mrs. Henry Vale NERFINISHED
Tina Durrance NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre domestic fiction
psychological fiction
romantic fiction
hasFamousLine "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."
hasForm prose
hasSubject family dynamics
psychiatric treatment
hasTitleOrigin Walt Whitman poem "The Untold Want" NERFINISHED
literaryForm realist novel
literaryMovement 20th-century American literature
literarySignificance early depiction of psychotherapy in popular fiction
mainCharacter Charlotte Vale NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus personal growth and self-discovery
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableWork Now, Voyager NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
pageCountApprox 300–400 pages
partOfSeries Vale family novels
protagonistType repressed Boston spinster
publicationYear 1941
publisher Houghton Mifflin NERFINISHED
setIn Boston NERFINISHED
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
setInPeriod early 20th century
settingElement ocean cruise
psychiatric sanitarium
targetAudience adult readers
theme female independence
mental health
mother-daughter conflict
psychological transformation
romantic love
self-worth
social expectations
timeToFilmAdaptation about 1 year

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