title: A Rage to Live (novel)
text: # A Rage to Live (novel)
  
  A Rage to Live is a 1949 novel by John O'Hara. it was a bestseller upon release. The novel is described as a large-scale social chronicle, depicting a wide swath of American society, set in the fictional locale of Fort Penn, PA.
  
  The book achieved commercial success, appearing in Publishers Weekly's list of the top ten best-selling fiction works in the United States in the year 1963. A film based on the book was released in 1965.
  
  