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Books by William Dean Howells

Modern Instance

A Modern Instance

By William Dean Howells

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Books by William Dean Howells

A Pair of Patient Lovers

Through the Eye of the Needle

The Albany Depot

The Elevator

The Kentons

The Ragged Lady

The Story of a Play

The Landlord at Lions Head

Modern Italian Poets

The Whole Family

Spanish Prisoners of War

A Foregone Conclusion

Seven English Cities

Henry James, Jr.

The Coast of Bohemia

Evening Dress

Standard Household-Effect Company

A Little Swiss Sojourn

Their Wedding Journey

Annie Kilburn

Anomalies of the Short Story

My Literary Passions

The Sleeping-Car

Studies of Lowell

Quaint Courtships

Confessions of Summer Colonist

April Hopes

The Flight of Pony Baker

Dr. Breen's Practice

Indian Summer

The Lady of the Aroostook

Boy Life

A Belated Guest

A Likely Story

A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories

The Leatherwood God

The Daughter of the Storage

Suburban Sketches

An Open-Eyed Conspiracy

The Young Contributor

The March Family Trilogy

A Chance Acquaintance

The White Mr. Longfellow

The Parlor Car

Roman Holidays and Others

Literature and Life

The Garotters

London Films

Literary Friends and Acquaintance

Christmas Every Day

The Quality of Mercy

Familiar Spanish Travels

Roundabout to Boston

A Boy's Town

Literary Boston As I Knew It

Criticism and Fiction

The Man of Letters as a Man of Busine

Their Silver Wedding Journey

Last Days in a Dutch Hotel

My Mark Twain

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Fennel and Rue

A Hazard of New Fortunes

The Minister's Charge

Buying a Horse

Bride Roses

Staccato Notes of a Vanished Summer

Five O'Clock Tea

Italian Journeys

Emile Zola

A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction

Of Literature

A Traveler from Altruria

American Literary Centers

Cambridge Neighbors

Venetian Life

The Rise of Silas Lapham

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