William Dean Howells

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.

Works

A Belated Guest

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A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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A Boy's Town

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A Chance Acquaintance

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A Confession of St. Augustine

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A Counterfeit Presentment; and, The Parlour Car

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A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories

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A Foregone Conclusion

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 1

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 3

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4

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A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 5

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A Likely Story

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A Little Swiss Sojourn

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A Modern Instance

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A Pair of Patient Lovers

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A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction

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A Traveler from Altruria: Romance

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American Literary Centers

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American Literary Centers (from Literature and Life)

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An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga

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Annie Kilburn : a Novel

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April Hopes

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Between the Dark and the Daylight

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Boy Life / Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells

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Bride Roses

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Buying a Horse

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Cambridge Neighbors (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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Certain delightful English towns, with glimpses of the pleasant country between

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Christmas Every Day and Other Stories

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Confessions of a Summer Colonist

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Confessions of a Summer Colonist (from Literature and Life)

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Criticism and Fiction

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Dr. Breen's Practice

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Emile Zola

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Evening Dress / Farce

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Familiar Spanish Travels

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Fennel and Rue

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Five O'Clock Tea: Farce

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Henry James, Jr.

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Imaginary Interviews

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Impressions and experiences

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Indian Summer

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Italian Journeys

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Last Days in a Dutch Hotel

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Last Days in a Dutch Hotel (from Literature and Life)

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Literary Boston as I Knew It (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship

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Literature and Life (Complete)

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London Films

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Modern Italian Poets; Essays and Versions

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Mrs. Farrell

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My First Visit to New England, and Others (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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My Literary Passions

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My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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My Year in a Log Cabin

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Oliver Wendell Holmes (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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Questionable Shapes

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Quotes and Images From The Works of William Dean Howells

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Ragged Lady — Complete

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Ragged Lady — Volume 1

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Ragged Lady — Volume 2

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Roman Holidays, and Others

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Roundabout to Boston (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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Seven English Cities

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Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life)

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Some Anomalies of the Short Story (from Literature and Life)

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Spanish Prisoners of War

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Spanish Prisoners of War (from Literature and Life)

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

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Stories Of Ohio

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Studies of Lowell (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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Suburban Sketches

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The Albany Depot

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The Albany Depot : a Farce

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The Coast of Bohemia

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The Daughter of the Storage / And Other Things in Prose and Verse

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The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor

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The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor (from Literature and Life)

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The Elevator

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The Entire March Family Trilogy

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The Flight of Pony Baker / A Boy's Town Story

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The Garotters

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The Kentons

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The Lady of the Aroostook

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The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete

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The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 1

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The Landlord at Lion's Head — Volume 2

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The Leatherwood God

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The Man of Letters as a Man of Business

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The Minister's Charge; Or, The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker

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The Parlor Car

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The Quality of Mercy

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The Register

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The Rise of Silas Lapham

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The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

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The Standard Household-Effect Company

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The Standard Household-Effect Company (from Literature and Life)

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The Story of a Play / A Novel

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The White Mr. Longfellow (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)

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The World of Chance

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Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete

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Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 1

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Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 2

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Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3

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Their Wedding Journey

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Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance

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Venetian Life

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Years of My Youth

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About the author

Language of works

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Born/died

1837 — 1920

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