By Love Possessed (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Gould Cozzens
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: A September in the 1950’s
- Setting: The New England town of Brocton
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Suicide, New England, Rape, Adultery, Lawyers, Ethics, Polio
- Locales: New England
Characters Discussed
Arthur Winner, Jr., a lawyer. He has lived his fifty-four years in Brocton, a small county seat town near the Delaware Valley. He is highly respected in his profession, his church, and his community for his wisdom, capable advice, and willingness to serve. He has been married twice, first at the age of twenty-five to Hope Tuttle, who died in childbirth eight years before the time of the story. Of their children, Warren is dead from a foolish training accident in World War II, Lawrence is a tax lawyer in Washington, and Ann is a teenager living at home under...
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