Indian Summer
Vintage, February 1990. Trade Paperback. More
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THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM
Vintage, April 1991. Trade Paperback. More
The Rise of Silas Lapham (The Penguin American Library)
Penguin Classics, April 1983. Trade Paperback. Silas Lapham is a rough-hewn entrepreneur who has made his fortune in mineral paint. Socially ambitious for their daughters, Lapham and his wife encourage the suit of Tom Corey, son of an aristocratic Boston family, whose own parents are appalled by his consorting with..... More
Traveler from Altruria
Bedford Books, March 1996. Trade Paperback. First published in 1894, A Traveler from Altruria tells the story of a foreign visitor who presents the concept of a Utopian society. Howells hoped his novel would allow readers to confront the inconsistencies, imperfections, and injustices of Gilded Age America. Reprinted here as..... More
Venetian Life
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, April 2014. Oversize Softcover. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process..... More
William Dean Howells : Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, The Rise of Silas Lapham (Library of America)
Library of America, November 1982. Cloth. William Dean Howells, America's most influential man of letters at the turn of the century, has been too long underappreciated. These four classic novels explore the conflicts of private life and social institutions with unflinching realism, psychological penetration, and a keen ironic humor. "A..... More
William Dean Howells : Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, The Rise of Silas Lapham (Library of America)
Library of America, November 1982. Cloth. William Dean Howells, America's most influential man of letters at the turn of the century, has been too long underappreciated. These four classic novels explore the conflicts of private life and social institutions with unflinching realism, psychological penetration, and a keen ironic humor. "A..... More
William Dean Howells : Novels 1886-1888 : The Minister's Charge / April Hopes / Annie Kilburn (Library of America)
Library of America, September 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. William Dean Howells was the foremost champion of realism in late-nineteenth-century American fiction. The three novels in this Library of America volume perceptively and often satirically examine the conflict between Christian ideals and commercial success, the contrast between a society's rituals of..... More
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