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William Dean Howells

**William Dean Howells** (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) 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 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.

Works (50)

Cover of Indian Summer
Indian Summer
1885
Cover of Their Wedding Journey
Their Wedding Journey
1872
Cover of A hazard of new fortunes
A hazard of new fortunes
Cover of Through the Eye of the Needle
Through the Eye of the Needle
Cover of April Hopes
April Hopes
Cover of A Treasury of Christmas Classics
A Treasury of Christmas Classics
Cover of Annie Kilburn
Annie Kilburn
Cover of Italian journeys
Italian journeys
Cover of Mark Twain's Library of Humor
Mark Twain's Library of Humor
Cover of Christmas every day
Christmas every day
Cover of A foregone conclusion
A foregone conclusion
1877
Cover of The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
Cover of The Leatherwood God
The Leatherwood God
Cover of Venetian life
Venetian life
1876
Cover of Christmas every day and other stories told for children
Christmas every day and other stories told for children
Cover of The great modern American stories
The great modern American stories
Cover of A Modern Instance
A Modern Instance
1881
Cover of My Mark Twain
My Mark Twain
Cover of A fearful responsibility and other stories
A fearful responsibility and other stories
1895
Cover of The lady of the Aroostook
The lady of the Aroostook
Cover of Sleep And a Forgetting (The Art of the Novella)
Sleep And a Forgetting (The Art of the Novella)
Cover of Heroines of fiction
Heroines of fiction
Cover of Shapes that haunt the dusk
Shapes that haunt the dusk
Cover of A chance acquaintance
A chance acquaintance
1878
Cover of Lyrics Of Lowly Life
Lyrics Of Lowly Life
January 1896
Cover of Years of my youth
Years of my youth
Cover of Editor's study
Editor's study
Cover of Criticism and fiction
Criticism and fiction
Cover of The undiscovered country
The undiscovered country
Cover of Suburban sketches
Suburban sketches
1884
Cover of My literary passions
My literary passions
Cover of An imperative duty
An imperative duty
1893
Cover of The Blindman's World And Other Stories
The Blindman's World And Other Stories
1898
Cover of The day of their wedding
The day of their wedding
Cover of The landlord at Lion's Head
The landlord at Lion's Head
Cover of Complete poems. With the introd. to "Lyrics of lowly life," by W.D. Howells
Complete poems. With the introd. to "Lyrics of lowly life," by W.D. Howells
1965
Cover of Southern Lights and Shadows
Southern Lights and Shadows
Cover of Fennel and Rue
Fennel and Rue
Cover of The Howells story book
The Howells story book
Cover of The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
The Man of Letters as a Man of Business
Cover of The Kentons
The Kentons
1902
Cover of Three villages
Three villages
Cover of Life of Abraham Lincoln
Life of Abraham Lincoln
Cover of Lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin
Cover of Ragged Lady [1/2]
Ragged Lady [1/2]
Cover of Life in letters of William Dean Howells
Life in letters of William Dean Howells
Cover of Criticism and Fiction and The Responsibilities of the Novelist
Criticism and Fiction and The Responsibilities of the Novelist
Cover of Boy life
Boy life
Cover of Notes of First Visit to New England
Notes of First Visit to New England
Cover of Letters of an Altrurian traveller, 1893-94
Letters of an Altrurian traveller, 1893-94