The Passionate Journey by Irving Stone, 1949 Book Club Edition, Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Vintage 1949 Book Club Edition of The Passionate Journey by Irving Stone, published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York.
Stone, best known for biographical novels such as Lust for Life, based this novel on the life of American artist John Noble.

Condition: Good
This copy retains its original illustrated dust jacket. The jacket shows its age with rubbing, edge and corner wear, and a torn area along the upper edge. Underneath, the blue hardcover has been well protected. There is some edge and corner wear, but the boards are clean with no staining. The gold lettering on the spine remains bright and shiny. The binding is tight with no loose or missing pages. Pages have light, even yellowing from age. A previous owner's name is written on the inside front flyleaf.

Edition: Book Club Edition
Copyright: 1949
Author: Irving Stone
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Garden City, New York
Hardcover with dust jacket

Synopsis
The Passionate Journey is Irving Stone's fictionalized account of the life of American painter John Noble. The novel follows Noble from his youth in Wichita, Kansas, through his experiences in Paris and Brittany and finally to New York. Driven by an intense need to paint, Noble searches for recognition and artistic fulfillment while struggling with relationships, disappointment and his own restless nature. The book is divided into four sections—Wichita: The Hunger; Paris: The Search; Brittany: The Treasure; and New York: The Reward—following both Noble's physical travels and his development as an artist. As in Stone's better-known Lust for Life, the story explores the relationship between artistic ambition and the complicated human being behind the work.

History
The Passionate Journey was published in 1949 by Doubleday & Company. This copy is the Book Club Edition from that year, rather than the regular trade edition. Irving Stone became particularly known for turning the lives of historical artists and other notable figures into extensively researched biographical novels. His 1934 novel Lust for Life, based on Vincent van Gogh, became one of his best-known works.
The original illustrated dust jacket on this copy is particularly nice to have. Although it now shows considerable wear, it has remained with the book for more than 75 years.

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