East Side West Side (novel)

East Side, West Side is a 1947 novel by the American writer Marcia Davenport.[1] Set in New York City immediately after World War II, an unhappily married woman's life comes to a crisis in a single week. As with her two previous novels it was a commercial success, making the Publishers Weekly annual list of bestsellers.

East Side, West Side
First edition
AuthorMarcia Davenport
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherCharles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1947
Media typePrint

Film adaptation edit

In 1949 it was adapted into a film of the same title by MGM. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it starred Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin and Ava Gardner.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Kirkpatrick p.193-194
  2. ^ Goble p.106

Bibliography edit

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Kirkpatrick, D. L. Twentieth-century Romance and Gothic Writers. Gale Research, 1982.