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xxxi, 368 pages ; 20 cm.

xiii, 367 p. ill., ports. 22 cm.

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Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

The Rise of Silas Lapham, by William Dean Howells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: - New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars - Biographies of the authors - Chronologies...

2) Indian summer

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1990

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xviii, 278 pages ; 20 cm

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"Three American find themselves unexpectedly drawn together in a romantic tale of manners set in nineteenth century Florence."--Cover of paperback ed.

3) A Modern Instance

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One of the most influential authors of the late nineteenth century, and a former editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine, William Dean Howells wrote more than fifty novels, as well as plays, memoirs, and poetry collections. Opposed to the sentimentalism, contrived heroism, and theatrical endings in fiction, he developed a literary style based on unvarnished realism. This unique genre is brilliantly depicted in A Modern Instance, a novel...

4) London Films

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Howells wrote several captivating travel books, including Italian Journeys, Venetian Life, and Certain Delightful English Towns. Here, he turns his observant and sometimes critical eye to London, presenting a series of sketches of the city as if they were mental movies.

5) Stories Of Ohio

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The first Ohio stories are part of the common story of the wonderful Ice Age, when a frozen deluge pushed down from the north, and covered a vast part of the earth's surface with slowly moving glaciers. The traces that this age left in Ohio are much the same as it left elsewhere, and the signs that there were people here ten thousand years ago, when the glaciers began to melt and the land became fit to live in again, are such as have been found in...

6) Questionable Shapes

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Questionable Shapes" by William Dean Howells. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

7) Imaginary Interviews

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This 1910 collection of satiric essays on editors, the publishing industry, music, and culture includes "Sclerosis of the Tastes," "Intimations of Italian Opera," "The Superiority of Our Inferiors," "Unimportance of Women in Republics," "Cheapness of the Costliest City on Earth," "The Magazine Muse," "Qualities Without Defects," and "A Normal Hero and Heroine Out of Work."

8) April Hopes

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William Dean Howells, the highly respected author of novels of social realism, occasionally turned his storytelling skills to romantic comedies. In 1888 he published April Hopes, a comedy of manners that follows the romantic complications between a young woman and her fiancé.

9) Criticism and Fiction

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10) A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

From his perch as editor of the Atlantic Monthly, author, editor, and literary critic William Dean Howells discussed his theories of realism in literature in his column, "The Editor's Study." Highly influential, this collection of Howells's essays and ideas is an invaluable resource for any reader or student with a passion for literature.

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11) Between the Dark and the Daylight

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This 1907 volume contains seven short stories characterized by the author as "romances": "A Sleep and a Forgetting," "The Eidolons of Brooks Alford," "A Memory that Worked Overtime," "A Case of Metaphantasmia," "Editha," "Baybridge's Offer," and "The Chick of the Easter Egg."

12) Evening Dress: Farce

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13) The Sleeping-Car, a farce

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The Sleeping-Car, a farce by William Dean Howells. The Sleeping Car is a farce play in three parts by William Dean Howells, first published in the United States in 1883. This play takes place entirely within a 24-hour period on a railway sleeping car, and revolves around a woman's late night confusion regarding the premature appearance of her husband and brother.

14) The Story of a Play: A Novel

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The book begins with the actor and author of a play, trying to work out what the play is about, exactly. In the rest of this engaging novel, Howells uses his keen understanding of playwriting and theater to explore the behind-the-scenes drama of staging a play.

15) Their Wedding Journey

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16) Spanish Prisoners of War (from Literature and Life)

Basil and Isabel March first appeared in Howells's Their Wedding Journey, which followed the newly married couple as they traveled to Niagara Falls on their honeymoon. Here, Howells returns to the March marriage as they revisit Hamburg, Carlsbad, Weimar, Leipzig, and Berlin-the cities of their youthful courtship.

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17) Staccato Notes of a Vanished Summer (from Literature and Life)

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Staccato Notes of a Vanished Summer (from Literature and Life)" by William Dean Howells. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves...

18) Annie Kilburn : a Novel

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Annie Kilburn, a New Englander, desperately tries to save her hometown from the negative effects of industrialization and eventually realizes that what they truly need is justice. Annie Kilburn reflects Howells's deepening disillusionment with American society.

19) The Lady of the Aroostook

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A naïve Massachusetts schoolteacher sails to Italy, where she is harassed by a drunk and meets a Boston socialite who will become her husband. The Lady of the Aroostook explores a favorite theme of Howells-conflicting social habits, in this case those of the American village and those of the American city.

20) Complete March Family Trilogy

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