William Dean Howells

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.

All · 56 📖 Books · 56

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

Highlights

The Whole Family

The Whole Family

1908

Christmas every day

Christmas every day

1908

Fennel and Rue

Fennel and Rue

1908

Frequent Collaborators

Mark Twain

3 shared

Henry Mills Alden

2 shared

Edward Bellamy

1 shared

Theodore Dreiser

1 shared

Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

1 shared

Twelve Authors

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📖 Books

The Whole Family

The Whole Family

author

1908

Christmas every day

Christmas every day

author

1908

Fennel and Rue

Fennel and Rue

author

1908

Southern Lights and Shadows

Southern Lights and Shadows

author

1907

Through the Eye of the Needle

Through the Eye of the Needle

author

1907

Their Husbands' Wives

Their Husbands' Wives

author

1906

Miss Bellard's inspiration

Miss Bellard's inspiration

author

1905

Letters home

Letters home

author

1903

The Kentons

The Kentons

author

1902

Heroines of fiction

Heroines of fiction

author

1901

Literary Friends And Acquaintance

Literary Friends And Acquaintance

author

1900

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