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Children's eBooks
In these times of electrical movement, the sort of construction in the moral world for which ages were once needed, takes place almost simultaneously with the event to be adjusted in history, and as true a perspective forms... See More
Classics
"The Man of Letters as a Man of Business" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and... See More
"The Kentons" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet... See More
"The Minister's Charge; Or, The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary... See More
Travel & Tourism
When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work. Howells lived in Italy for four years, from 1861... See More
History
"The White Mr. Longfellow (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics... See More
World Literature
"The Standard Household-Effect Company (from Literature and Life)" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics... See More
Poetry & Drama
"The Sleeping-Car: A Farce" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to... See More
An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; An Idyl of Saratoga is a sweet drama about an elderly man on a walk around Saratoga. Excerpt: "... stifle Saratoga, for they shut out the air as well as the sun; and after tea (they still have an... See More
This intriguing novel has an unusual plot and it grips the reader from the very start. The central character is a would-be writer called Verrian who at last succeeds in having a novel published in serial form. When he is... See More
Fantasy
The events of Mr. James's life -- as we agree to understand events -- may be told in a very few words. His race is Irish on his father's side and Scotch on his mother's; to which mingled strains the generalizer may... See More
Classics"Years of My Youth" was authored by William Dean Howells, an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". The book is historical and the first part of the book read... See More
World LiteratureBride Roses by William Dean Howells is a wonderful, light play about a florist who has to put together a lovely bouquet for a wedding. Excerpt: "A Lady, entering the florist's with her muff to her face, and fluttering gayly... See More
Poetry & DramaThis book contains two stories: 'A Counterfeit Resentment' and 'The Parlour Car'. The first story is a play in the comedy genre that centers on an accidental encounter between Constance, a young woman and a man that she... See More
History & Criticism
The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman and the first to treat its theme with a realism that foreshadowed the work of modern writers. In his story of one of the... See More
History
Literary Boston is a comprehensive and fascinating discussion of the culture of Boston poets and artists such as Lucy Larcom, Emerson, Whittier, and Celia Thaxter. Excerpt: "The Atlantic Monthly, which was distinctively... See More
Poetry & Drama
The Register is a humorous play by William Dean Howells. Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright. Excerpt: ""Well, take off your coat, and pull up to the register, and warm your poor feet."... See More
Classics
Spanish Prisoners of War (from Literature and Life) is an article by William Dean Howells. Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, here providing an article about his observations on... See More
World Literature
'Buying a Horse' is an essay sharing several anecdotes on buying horses by William Dean Howells. He begins by saying that if one has enough money, there seems no reason why one should not go and buy such a horse as he wants... See More
Fiction and Criticism is a lovely and insightful look at the American Realist period of American writing (roughly from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of World War I). Not only does Howells have strong feelings... See More
Classics'Literature and Life' is a collection of articles and short stories by American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright William Dean Howells, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". The book begins with a series... See More
Through the Eye of the Needle is a Utopian novel William Dean Howells. Howells casts this book in the form of an epistolary novel -- a form favoured by some other Utopian and dystopian writers. Aristides Homos, Howells's... See More
Classics
Discover one of the best historical novels of our time with this free sample from the famous author William Dean Howells. This novel from popular nineteenth-century American author William Dean Howells features a visitor... See More
History
"Stories Of Ohio" by William Dean Howells was written for Ohioan schoolchildren in 1897 but has remained surprisingly relevant to this day. The first Ohio stories are part of the common story of the wonderful Ice Age, when a... See More
History & Criticism
Unless she was out of her mind there was no way of accounting for her behavior... Nowhere in the prodigious output of William Dean Howells is there an example more poignant of his heart-felt dedication to the realist... See More
History
This biographical novel captures the life of the famed American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes as told by William Dean Howells. Examining the profound contributions of a man widely respected for his literary... See More
Classics
'Some Anomalies of the Short Story' a novel by the famed American novelist, editor and literary critic William Dean Howells, takes a look at the art of writing short stories. Howells asks and attempts to answer many... See More
This novel was written in 1892 and is set in early America. Howells wrote many books in this genre. In this novel, we meet early on one of the central characters, a man called Northwich. He lives in a good, comfortable home... See More
"Imaginary Interviews" by William Dean Howells. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or... See More
History & Criticism
Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York, A Hazard of New Fortunes insightfully renders the complexities of the American experience at a... See More