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Complete Project Gutenberg William Dean Howells Works

William Dean Howells

FormatEbook
Published2002
Words6,563
LanguageEnglish
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This Project Gutenberg compilation gathers the public-domain writings of William Dean Howells, a nineteenth-century American realist novelist, critic, and editor. It suits readers of classic American literature and scholars studying literary realism and the cultural history of the period.
William Dean Howells

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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