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Vintage Books/Library of America,

First Vintage Books/the Library of America edition.

xx, 354 pages ; 21 cm

xxxiv, 363 pages ; 21 cm.

Barnes & Noble Books,

xxxi, 368 pages ; 20 cm.

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

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"The Rise of Silas Lapham" is William Dean Howells 1885 novel which tells the story of its title character, who inherits his father's paint business and subsequently makes a great deal of money. Silas moves his family from rural Vermont to Boston in order to try and improve his social position. The consequences of which are both humorous and tragic. A sharp contrast is drawn between 'new' and 'old' money by William Dean Howells in this classic work,...

2) Indian summer

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Works volume 11

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Vintage Books/Library of America

Pub. Date:

1990.

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English

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1990.

1st Vintage Books/Library of America ed.

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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Howells, William Dean.

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Penguin classics

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English

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xxvi, 459 pages ; 20 cm.

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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) A hazard of new fortunes

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2001.

Penguin Books,

xxix, 449 pages ; 20 cm.

2002.

Modern Library pbk. ed.

Modern Library,

xxxvi, 572 p. ; 21 cm.

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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) wrote novels, plays, essays, poems, reviews and travel pieces that touched on every day people and their experiences. A prime example of Howell's realism is this 1890 novel; it is a psychologically probing reflection on social and personal upheaval in the nineteenth century, which the author considered to be his "most vital" book. The story interweaves themes, plots and characters in New York City and projects Howells...

5) Novels, 1886-1888

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Literary Classics of the United States :

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c1989.

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English

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1 of 1	Bethany/Clark Adult Collection	FIC HOW
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c1989.

881 p. ; 21 cm.

6) Mark Twain's library of humor

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

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xxviii, 707 p. ill., facsim. 23 cm.

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1969.

Garrett Press,

xvi, 719 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

1975.

Hart Pub. Co.,

7) The rise of Silas Lapham: an authoritative text, composition and backgrounds, contemporary responses, criticism

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Norton critical edition

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Norton

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[1982]

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English

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[1982]

1st ed.

Norton,

xiii, 519 pages ; 22 cm.

8) Selected literary criticism

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Works volume 13, etc

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Indiana University Press

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1993.

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English

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1993.

3 v. ; 24 cm.

9) Novels, 1875-1886: William Dean Howells

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Literary Classics of the United States, Inc. :

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c1982.

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c1982.

1217 p. ; 21 cm.

10) Mark Twain's library of humor

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Wing Books ;

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1995.

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English

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xxviii, 707 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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1995.

Wing Books ;

11) Best plays of the early American theatre: from the beginning to 1916

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Gassner, John, 1903-1967.

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Crown Publishers

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[1967]

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English

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12) A traveler from Altruria

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Sagamore Press

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1957.

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English

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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.

13) A foregone conclusion

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[1990?]

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1 of 1	Hamden/Miller Adult Fiction	FIC/HOWELLS

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[1990?]