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An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga
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In this short novel, American realist William Dean Howells portrays summer resort society at Saratoga Springs through his recurring characters Basil and Isabel March, who are drawn into a young woman's romantic entanglement. It suits readers of nineteenth-century American fiction and comedy of manners.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, and the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name.
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