What is Magnificent Obsession (novel)?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Magnificent Obsession | title_orig = | translator = | image = | image_caption = | author = [[Lloyd C. Douglas]] | cover_artist = | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Novel]] | publisher = [[Willett, Clark & Colby]] | release_date = 1929 | media_type = Print | pages = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''Magnificent Obsession''''' (1929) is a [[novel]] by [[Lloyd C. Douglas]]. The story follows a man named Robert Merrick. He is resuscitated by a rescue crew after a boating accident. The crew is unable to save the life of Dr. Hudson, a heart attack victim on the other side of the lake. Merrick then decides to devote his life to making up for the doctor's. He becomes a physician himself. Dr. Hudson's widow suffers serious injury in an accident. Merrick is instrumental in her recovery. Two movies were based on the book: ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1935 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1935), and ''[[Magnificent Obsession (1954 film)|Magnificent Obsession]]'' (1954). The 1954 movie was directed by [[Douglas Sirk]]. A television series called ''[[Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal]]'' was based on the novel. It aired 78 episodes in syndication from 1955 to 1957. == Other websites == *[http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks04/0400631h.html ''Magnificent Obsession''] at [[Project Gutenberg]] of Australia [[Category:1929 books]] [[Category:20th-century American novels]] {{lit-stub}}