This novel opens with a young man called Ray taking his leave of a friend before boarding a train bound for New York. Ray has just been made redundant from his journalist's job at the Midland Newspaper and is hoping to make a new life and living in New York.
This novel opens with a young man called Ray taking his leave of a friend before boarding a train bound for New York. Ray has just been made redundant...
In this series, William Dean Howells delightfully describes the early years of his life, in the "Boy's Town" of Ohio, the state where he was born and raised. These stories remain as a vivid autobiographical records and colorful images of a life in the mid-nineteenth century American town. Extract: "If there was any fellow in the Boy's Town fifty years ago who had a good reason to run off it was Pony Baker. Pony was not his real name; it was what the boys called him, because there were so many fellows who had to be told apart, as Big Joe and Little Joe, and Big John and Little John, and Big...
In this series, William Dean Howells delightfully describes the early years of his life, in the "Boy's Town" of Ohio, the state where he was born and ...
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, 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 his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston...
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was par...
The story follows a few people from New York who find them-selves spending a hot summer in this small town. In this book William Dean Howells is giving us an interesting account of the town and the people of Saratoga. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among...
The story follows a few people from New York who find them-selves spending a hot summer in this small town. In this book William Dean Howells is givin...
A Chance Acquaintance is a realist novel that tells a story of a small-town girl Kitty Ellison, who goes on vacation with her family on a tour around north states and Quebec. During the holiday Miss Kitty meets Mr. Arbuton from Boston, narrow-minded uptight gentleman, often mistaken for an Englishman because of his manners. Their introduction happens under a bit of a strange circumstances and as the time passes Kitty is being more and more pushed into his direction which is creating a lot of unpredictable situations. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary...
A Chance Acquaintance is a realist novel that tells a story of a small-town girl Kitty Ellison, who goes on vacation with her family on a tour around ...
Content: - The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk - Ohio as a Part of France - Ohio Becomes English - The Forty Years' War for the West - The Captivity of James Smith - The Captivity of Boone and Kenton - The Renegades - The Wickedest Deed in Our History - The Torture of Colonel Crawford - The Escape of Knight and Slover - The Indian Wars and St. Clair's Defeat - The Indian Wars and Wayne's Victory - Indian Fighters - Later Captivities - Indian Heroes and Sages - Life in the Backwoods - The First Great Settlements - The State of Ohio in the War of 1812 - A Foolish Man, a Philosopher, and a Fanatic -...
Content: - The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk - Ohio as a Part of France - Ohio Becomes English - The Forty Years' War for the West - The Captivity of Ja...
The Flight of Pony Baker is a novel for children which tells the story of a young boy named Pony Baker who, throughout the book, attempts to run away from his home where he lives with his mother, father, and five sisters. The setting of the story is "fifty years ago" in the Boy's Town of Ohio, the state where Howells was born and raised. Pony lives in the Boy's Town with his mother, father, and five sisters, whom his mother always wants him to play with. Pony's mother is very overprotective of Pony, which makes her a bad mother when it comes to having fun. Pony's father has done some things...
The Flight of Pony Baker is a novel for children which tells the story of a young boy named Pony Baker who, throughout the book, attempts to run away ...
The novels in this volume give us insight into the status of a woman in the second half of the 19th century America. "Dr. Breen's Practice" is a novel about the rise of women into the medical field in the 19th century and the subsequent decision they had to make between the pursuit of a medical career and the temptation of marriage. "The Coast of Bohemia" and "Annie Kilburn" deals with the problem of labor and professions for women. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to...
The novels in this volume give us insight into the status of a woman in the second half of the 19th century America. "Dr. Breen's Practice" is a novel...
Set during the early 1890s in a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, A Traveler from Altruria is narrated by a Mr Twelvemough, a popular author of light fiction who has been selected to function as host to a visitor from the faraway island of Altruria called Mr Homos. In the novel, the island state of Altruria serves as a foil to America, whose citizens, compared to Altrurians, appear selfish, obsessed with money, and emotionally imbalanced. Mainly, A Traveler from Altruria is a critique of unfettered capitalism and its consequences, and of the Gilded...
Set during the early 1890s in a fashionable summer resort somewhere on the East Coast of the United States, A Traveler from Altruria is narrated by a ...
In 'The Most Beloved Christmas Stories by William Dean Howells', readers are taken on a delightful journey through a collection of heartwarming tales perfect for the holiday season. Howells, known for his realistic portrayal of American life in the late 19th century, brings his keen eye for detail and emotional depth to these Christmas stories. Through his trademark prose style that is both accessible and profound, Howells captures the spirit of Christmas with stories that resonate with readers of all ages. Each story is imbued with themes of kindness, love, and the true meaning of the...
In 'The Most Beloved Christmas Stories by William Dean Howells', readers are taken on a delightful journey through a collection of heartwarming tales ...
