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William Dean Howells

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William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria.

Books

The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes
William Dean Howells
A Modern Instance
A Modern Instance
William Dean Howells
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
William Dean Howells
Sleep And a Forgetting (The Art of the Novella)
Sleep And a Forgetting (The Art of the Novella)
William Dean Howells
Christmas Every Day
Christmas Every Day
William Dean Howells
A Hazard of New Fortunes
A Hazard of New Fortunes
William Dean Howells, David J. Nordloh
William Dean Howells
Editha
Editha
William Dean Howells
The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Stories of Ohio
Stories of Ohio
William Dean Howells
Indian Summer
Indian Summer
William Dean Howells
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children
William Dean Howells
The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Italian Journeys
Italian Journeys
William Dean Howells
Venetian Life
Venetian Life
William Dean Howells
Buying a Horse
Buying a Horse
William Dean Howells
Stories of Ohio
Stories of Ohio
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)
William Dean Howells: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated)
William Dean Howells
The Complete Works of William Dean Howells
The Complete Works of William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells
Boy Life
Boy Life
William Dean Howells

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