WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)

This carefully edited collection of William Dean Howells has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.



William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction.



Table of Contents:



Introduction



William Dean Howells by Charles Dudley Warner



Novels



A Forgone Conclusion



A Chance Acquaintance



A Modern Instance



A Pair of Patient Lovers



A Traveler from Altruria



An Open-Eyed Conspiracy



Annie Kilburn



April Hopes



Dr. Breen's Practice



Fennel and Rue



Indian Summer



Questionable Shapes



Ragged Lady



The Coast of Bohemia



The Kentons



The Lady of Aroostook



The Landlord at Lion's Head



The Leatherwood God



The Minister's Charge



The Quality of Mercy



The Rise of Silas Lapham



The Story of a Play



Through the Eye of the Needle



The Flight of Pony Baker



The March Family Trilogy:



Their Wedding Journey



A Hazard of New Fortunes



Their Silver Wedding Journey



Reminiscences and Autobiography



A Boy's Town



Years of My Youth