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A Day’s Pleasure (And Other Sketches)

A Day’s Pleasure (And Other Sketches) – William Dean Howells

This volume includes the following stories by William Dean Howells: “A Day’s Pleasure”, “Buying a Horse”, “Flitting”, “The Mouse” and “A Year in a Venetian Palace.”

A Day's Pleasure (And Other Sketches)

A Day’s Pleasure (And Other Sketches).

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A Day’s Pleasure (And Other Sketches).

ISBN: 9783849657383

 

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THEY were not a large family, and their pursuits and habits were very simple; yet the summer was lapsing toward the first pathos of autumn before they found themselves all in such case as to be able to take the day’s pleasure they had planned so long. They had agreed often and often that nothing could be more charming than an excursion Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Dr. Breen’s Practice

Dr. Breen’s Practice – William Dean Howells

This work of Mr. Howells is similar in lightness of material and delicacy of workman ship to “A Fearful Responsibility” and other minor productions of his deft hand which hold a unique and ill-defined position between the novel and the short story. It is brief; it is free from the mysteries of a plot; it is perfectly simple in plan; and the characters are not elaborated, but rather sketched with a few strong touches, so quick and free that we hardly appreciate the excellence of the art until we close the book and find how its principal personages haunt the memory. In its motive, however, “Dr. Breen’s Practice” rises distinctly above the tales … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A Fearful Responsibility (And Other Stories)

A Fearful Responsibility (And Other Stories) – William Dean Howells

Mr. Howells’ refined humor is one of his most charming characteristics. It creeps out, however, on the most solemn occasions, and many a situation that might have been pathetic or commonplace is given a piquant turn by some deft touch of mellow satire which pleases and never wounds. This delicate, subdued humor, appealing to the finer sensibilities of the reader, is purely American. It is allied to the French in subtlety, but it has none of the Gallic dash and effervescence. It is a Puritan heritage, with a rich and mellow flavor. The average American combines the cynical penetration of the Frenchman with the mild contemplativeness of the Briton. The … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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A Modern Instance

A Modern Instance – William Dean Howells

“A Modern Instance” is among the most vigorous performances that Mr. Howells has given to the public. The fine humor of his previous writings is here; the descriptive power, which with a few words enables us to understand the visible surroundings of the characters, the close reading of character, analyzing without seeming to do so, and all that. But the book is a deeper one than most that Mr. Howells has written, not merely because it treats of a subject that has an element of the tragic in it, but because it treats a more important theme than has yet engaged its author’s attention, in a manner commensurate with its importance, and in … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Undiscovered Country

The Undiscovered Country – William Dean Howells

In “The Undiscovered Country”, Mr. Howells appears in a new phase, and adds somewhat of the definite moral purpose of the teacher to the grace and finish of the literary artist. From the opening of the first chapter it is evident that the author has this time a further object in mind than the mere portrayal of character. Half-page monologues and whole-page conversations on matters of speculative inquiry are not altogether in the line of Mr. Howell’s genius, which has always disclosed more of the artist than of the moralist; the lesson of his literary work being in its perfection and its correspondence to truth, rather than in any serious intent or design … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Hither And Thither In Germany

Hither And Thither In Germany – William Dean Howells

Here Mr. Howells reintroduces the charming couple whose honeymoon was described in one of the author’s most delightful books, “Their Silver Wedding Journey.” Through Hamburg, Karlsbad, Nuremberg, Weimar, Berlin, Frankfort and Dusseldorf and along the banks of the Rhine the gifted literary necromancer conducts the reader through the eyes of his pleasant middle-aged travelers as they wend their leisurely way through parts of Europe as it was a good many years before the First World War.

Hither And Thither In Germany

Hither And Thither In Germany.

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Hither And Thither In Germany.

ISBN: 9783849657949

 

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THE long train which they took was solely for their steamer’s passengers, and it was of Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Vacation Of The Kelwyns

The Vacation Of The Kelwyns – William Dean Howells

‘The Vacation of the Kelwyns’ was written at the time of his greatest literary activity but for purely personal reasons was denied publication by him during his lifetime. The exquisite delineation of the New England character, as affected by the Shaker faith, and the delicate love story set against the quaint rural background, will undoubtedly rank this with the most distinguished of Mr. Howells’ works.

The Vacation Of The Kelwyns

The Vacation Of The Kelwyns.

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The Vacation Of The Kelwyns.

ISBN: 9783849657932

 

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Kelwyn’s salary as a lecturer in the post-graduate courses would not have been enough for his family to live upon; but his wife had some money Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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Years Of My Youth

Years Of My Youth – William Dean Howells

Here William Dean Howells has written down the interesting facts of his life up to the time he went abroad as U. S. consul; and not only the facts , but also the early impressions and numerous influences which went to mold the man and the writer. Born in 1837 , at Martin’s Ferry , Ohio , of mingled Welsh, German, English and Irish stock, the young son of a printer and publisher could set type almost from babyhood. Love of reading supplemented irregular schooling. He tells of his first efforts at writing, of the broad religious tolerant spirit in his father’s home , of his first experience of politics and the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Daughter Of The Storage

The Daughter Of The Storage – William Dean Howells

There is something delightfully intimate about this miscellany of verse, fiction and study. One has almost the feeling of being invited to draw up a comfortable seat opposite the “Easy Chair” to listen to the words from its depths. Perhaps it is the variety that seems to bring the author nearer, for a number of short unrelated stories offer more opportunity for revelation of personality than a long connected narrative. Perhaps it is because these tales are of the sort in which Mr. Howells could readily let himself out. Perhaps it is because he has long held such a place in our affections that it is difficult to detach his work … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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The Lady of the Aroostook

The Lady of the Aroostook – William Dean Howells

At the time when Mr. Howells’s novel, “The Lady of the Aroostook”, was published, it was regarded as an antidote to some recent poisons. It is its patriotic and chivalrous purpose to rescue the American woman from the aspersions from which she had suffered in one or two quarters before, and to show of what fine stuff she is really made. Very original materials have been chosen with which to work out this idea, and the result is a fresh, vivacious, elevated story, in which real novelty of conception is combined with all the other fine qualities which have given Mr. Howells his easy distinction among writers of fiction. But the … Read more.../Mehr lesen ...

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