William Dean Howells

Author 56 · 1707 – 2004 · 📖 56

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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Fiction American fiction (fictional works by one author) American fiction Fiction, historical, general Social life and customs

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Ragged Lady [1/2]

2004

Ragged Lady [2/2]

2004

European and American masters

1963

Frequent Collaborators

Mark Twain

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Henry Mills Alden

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Edward Bellamy

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Theodore Dreiser

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Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

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📖 Books

Ragged Lady [1/2]

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2004

Ragged Lady [2/2]

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2004

European and American masters

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1963

The Shadow of a Dream and An Imperative Duty

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1962

Criticism and Fiction and The Responsibilities of the Novelist

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1962

Criticism and fiction, and other essays

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1959

Mrs. Farrell

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1921

The great modern American stories

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1920

The vacation of the Kelwyns

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1920

Years of my youth

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1916

The seen and unseen at Stratford-on-Avon

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1914

My Mark Twain

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1910

The Whole Family

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1908

Fennel and Rue

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1908

Christmas every day

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1908

Through the Eye of the Needle

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1907

Southern Lights and Shadows

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1907

Their Husbands' Wives

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1906

Miss Bellard's inspiration

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1905

Letters home

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1903

The Kentons

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1902

Heroines of fiction

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1901

Literary Friends And Acquaintance

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1900

Their Silver Wedding Journey

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1899

The Story of a Play

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1898

The Blindman's World And Other Stories

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1898

An Open-Eyed Conspiracy

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1897

The landlord at Lion's Head

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1897

Stories of Ohio

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1897

My literary passions

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1895

The day of their wedding

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1895

The coast of Bohemia

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1893

The Niagara Book

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1893

Christmas every day and other stories told for children

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1892

The Quality of Mercy

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1891

An imperative duty

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1891

My literary passions, criticism & fiction

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1891

Criticism and fiction

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1891

A boy's town

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1890

The shadow of a dream

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1890

Annie Kilburn

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1888

April Hopes

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1887

Indian Summer

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1885

The Rise of Silas Lapham

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1884

Doctor Breen's practice

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1881

A Modern Instance

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1881

A fearful responsibility and other stories

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1881

The undiscovered country

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1880

A counterfeit presentment

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1877

A foregone conclusion

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1875

A chance acquaintance

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1873

Their Wedding Journey

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1872

Idyls in drab

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1868

Italian journeys

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1867

Lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

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1860

A hazard of new fortunes

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1707

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