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William Dean Howells

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born

March 01, 1837 in Martins Ferry, OH, The United States

died

May 11, 1920

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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Willam Dean Howells was a novelist, short story writer, magazine editor, and mentor who wrote for various magazines, including the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine.

In January 1866 James Fields offered him the assistant editor role at the Atlantic Monthly. Howells accepted after successfully negotiating for a higher salary, but was frustrated by Fields's close supervision. Howells was made editor in 1871, remaining in the position until 1881.

In 1869 he first met Mark Twain, which began a longtime friendship. Even more important for the development of his literary style — his advocacy of Realism — was his relationship with the journalist Jonathan Baxter Harrison, who during the 1870s wrote a series of articles for the Atlantic Monthly...more

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Books by William Dean Howells

Average rating: 3.36 · 1,799 ratings · 187 reviews · 257 distinct works

	The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells, Kermit Vanderbilt (Introduction) 3.32 avg rating — 1,011 ratings — published 1885 — 77 editions	My rating:
	A Hazard of New Fortunes by William Dean Howells, David J. Nordloh, Everett Carter (Introduction) 3.19 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 1890 — 58 editions	My rating:
	A Modern Instance by William Dean Howells, Edwin H. Cady (Introduction) 3.45 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1957 — 38 editions	My rating:
	Indian Summer 3.46 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1886 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Editha 3.28 avg rating — 58 ratings	My rating:
	Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells, Gina DiMarco (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1892 — 25 editions	My rating:
	A Sleep and A Forgetting (The Art of the Novella) 2.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors by William Dean Howells, Henry James 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1908 — 29 editions	My rating:
	A Traveler from Altruria by William Dean Howells, David W. Levy (Editor) 2.65 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1894 — 27 editions	My rating:
	My Mark Twain 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1910 — 16 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by William Dean Howells

“Live all you can. It's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do -- but live. This place makes it all come over me. I see it now. I haven't done so -- and now I'm old. It's too late. It has gone past me -- I've lost it. You have time. You are young. Live!”
― William Dean Howells

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“The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.”
― William Dean Howells

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“If he was not commonplace, it was through nothing remarkable in his mind, which was simply clear and practical, but through some combination of qualities of the heart that made men trust him, and women call him sweet--a word of theirs which conveys otherwise indefinable excellences.”
― William Dean Howells, The Rise of Silas Lapham

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