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Fennel and Rue
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A short novel by American realist William Dean Howells about a novelist drawn into a deception that begins with a young woman's letters concerning his serialized story. It will interest readers of American literary realism, novels of manners, and Howells's later work.
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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