Julian Julien Green American Expatriate Author The Dark Journey

The Dark Journey
Julian (Julien) Green, author 
Translated from the French by Vyvyan Holland. 
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1929.

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Winner Harper Prize Novel Contest 1929-1930.   Judges: Carl Van Doren, Ellen Glasgow, Grant Overton.

Dark Journey (original title: Leviathan) was made into a 1962 movie, screenplay by the author, starring Louis Jourdan, Lilli Palmer. LINK

Brief Summary from Wikipedia: 
LINK to Wikipedia article about Julien Green
Julian Hartridge Green (1900-1998) was born to American parents in Paris, a descendant on his mother's side of a Confederate Senator, Julian Hartridge, who later served as a Democratic representative from Georgia to the U.S. Congress, and who was Julien Green's namesake. 

Julian Green
photo by Carl van Vechten

 Most of Green's books focused on the ideas of faith and religion as well as hypocrisy. Julien Green died in Paris shortly before his 98th birthday.

The Extraordinary Career of Julian Green
Source: Dustjacket for The Dark Journey, 1929, twelfth printing

Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde in London, was a British author and translator. He was the second son of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd



LINK to Wikipedia article about Vyvyan Holland.

The Harper Prize Novel Contest

The following image scans are from the end of the book, The Dark Journey.

The Harper Prize Novel Contest 

The Harper Prize Novel Contest

Avarice House and The Closed Garden

Avarice House by Julian Green
The Closed Garden by Julian Green
Copy from dustjacket for the book, The Dark Journey by Julian Green,
12th printing, September 1929.