Editing Stella Dallas (novel)

{{Short description|1923 novel by Olive Higgins Prouty}}
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'''''Stella Dallas''''' is a [[1923 in literature|1923]] [[novel]] by [[Olive Higgins Prouty]] and published by [[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]], written in response to the death of her three-year-old daughter from [[encephalitis]].<ref>"[http://www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/olivehigginsprouty.html Olive Higgins Prouty]", ''Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography'', Unitarian Universalist Historical Society.</ref> It tells the story of the [[eponym]]ous protagonist, a working-class woman who marries a rich businessman but struggles to adapt to her new life. After the marriage fails, she sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her daughter.

The novel was subsequently adapted into a stage play in 1924 and movies in [[Stella Dallas (1925 film)|1925]], [[Stella Dallas (1937 film)|1937]], and [[Stella (1990 film)|1990]]. The 1937 [[King Vidor]] and [[Sam Goldwyn]] production brought [[10th Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations to [[Barbara Stanwyck]] and [[Anne Shirley (actress)|Anne Shirley]]. The novel was also the basis for the [[radio serial]] ''[[Stella Dallas (radio series)|Stella Dallas]]'', which aired daily for 18 years as a [[soap opera]]. Prouty was reportedly displeased with her characters' portrayals therein.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

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[[Category:1923 American novels]]
[[Category:American novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Works about social class]]