Bøger af William Dean Howells

Aristides Homos, an Emissary of the Altrurian Commonwealth, visited the United States during the summer of 1893 and the fall and winter following. For some weeks or months he was the guest of a well-known man of letters at a hotel in one of our mountain resorts; in the early autumn he spent several days at the great Columbian Exhibition in Chicago; and later he came to New York, where he remained until he sailed, rather suddenly, for Altruria, taking the circuitous route by which he came. He seems to have written pretty constantly throughout his sojourn with us to an intimate friend in his own country, giving freely his impressions of our civilization.

The village stood on a wide plain, and around it rose the mountains. They were green to their tops in summer, and in winter white through their serried pines and drifting mists, but at every season serious and beautiful, furrowed with hollow shadows, and taking the light on masses and stretches of iron-gray crag. The river swam through the plain in long curves, and slipped away at last through an unseen pass to the southward, tracing a score of miles in its course over a space that measured but three or four. The plain was very fertile, and its features, if few and of purely utilitarian beauty, had a rich luxuriance, and there was a tropical riot of vegetation when the sun of July beat on those northern fields. They waved with corn and oats to the feet of the mountains, and the potatoes covered a vast acreage with the lines of their intense, coarse green; the meadows were deep with English grass to the banks of the river, that, doubling and returning upon itself, still marked its way with a dense fringe of alders and white birches. But winter was full half the year. The snow began at Thanksgiving, and fell snow upon snow till Fast Day, thawing between the storms, and packing harder and harder against the break-up in the spring, when it covered the ground in solid levels three feet high, and lay heaped in drifts, that defied the sun far into May. When it did not snow, the weather was keenly clear, and commonly very still. Then the landscape at noon had a stereoscopic glister under the high sun that burned in a heaven without a cloud, and at setting stained the sky and the white waste with freezing pink and violet. On such days the farmers and lumbermen came in to the village stores, and made a stiff and feeble stir about their doorways, and the school children gave the street a little life and color, as they went to and from the Academy in their red and blue woollens. Four times a day the mill, the shrill wheeze of whose saws had become part of the habitual silence, blew its whistle for the hands to begin and leave off work, in blasts that seemed to shatter themselves against the thin air. But otherwise an arctic quiet prevailed.

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""New Leaf Mills: A Chronicle"" is a book written by William Dean Howells. It is a historical fiction novel that chronicles the rise of a successful milling business in the 19th century. The story follows the lives of the owners and workers of New Leaf Mills, a small town in Ohio. The book explores the challenges and triumphs of the business, as well as the personal struggles of the characters. It also delves into the political and social issues of the time, including the Civil War and the abolition of slavery. Through vivid descriptions and engaging storytelling, ""New Leaf Mills: A Chronicle"" offers a glimpse into the past and the people who shaped it.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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The Mother and the Father Dramatic Passages is a book written by William Dean Howells. It is a collection of dramatic passages that explore the relationships between mothers and fathers and their children. The book is divided into two sections, one focusing on mothers and the other on fathers. Each section includes a series of short scenes and dialogues that portray the joys, struggles, and conflicts that arise in family life. The passages are written in a realistic and naturalistic style, with a focus on character development and psychological insight. Howells' writing is known for its attention to detail and its ability to capture the nuances of human relationships. The Mother and the Father Dramatic Passages is a poignant and insightful exploration of the complexities of family life, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of the parent-child relationship.1909. Illustrated. Howells was an American realist author. He wrote for various magazines including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. His career blossomed after the publication of his first realist novel, A Modern Instance. The Mother and the Father contains dramatic passages between a mother and father set at different times of life. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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""Modern Italian Poets"" is a book written by William Dean Howells that explores the works of contemporary Italian poets during the late 19th century. The book features a collection of poems from various Italian poets, including Giosu����� Carducci and Gabriele D'Annunzio, and provides a detailed analysis of their literary style and themes. Howells examines the influence of Italian culture and history on the poetry of these writers and offers insights into the political and social context of their works. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Italian literature, poetry, and culture, and provides a unique perspective on the development of modern Italian poetry.It was in the order of the things of that day and country that Alfieri should leave home while a child and go to school at the Academy of Turin. Here, as he tells in that most amusing autobiography of his, he spent several years in acquiring a profound ignorance of whatever he was meant to learn; and he came away a stranger not only to the humanities, but to any one language, speaking a barbarous mixture of French and Piedmontese, and reading little or nothing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Ragged Lady, V2 is a novel written by William Dean Howells. This book is the second volume of the Ragged Lady series. The story revolves around the life of a poor woman named Margaret. She is a hardworking and honest person who struggles to make ends meet. Margaret's life takes a turn when she meets a wealthy businessman named Mr. Eldridge. He is impressed by her honesty and hard work and offers to help her. Margaret's life changes drastically as she starts working for Mr. Eldridge and becomes a part of his social circle. However, Margaret's newfound happiness is short-lived as she realizes that she cannot fit in with the wealthy and privileged people she is now surrounded by. She is torn between her old life and her new life and struggles to find her place in the world. The novel explores themes of social class, identity, and the struggles of the working class in a rapidly changing society. Howells' writing style is realistic and insightful, and he provides a vivid portrayal of the characters and their lives. Overall, Ragged Lady, V2 is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that offers a glimpse into the complexities of human relationships and the challenges of social mobility.The entertainment was to be the second night after that, and Mrs. Milray at first took the whole affair into her own hands. She was willing to let the others consult with her, but she made all the decisions, and she became so prepotent that she drove Lord Lioncourt to rebellion in the case of some theatrical people whom he wanted in the programme.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

April Hopes is a novel written by William Dean Howells that was first published in 1888. The story follows the life of a young man named Kendricks who is struggling to find his place in the world. He is an aspiring writer who has moved to Boston to pursue his dreams, but he finds himself caught up in the social scene and the politics of the city.Kendricks becomes involved with a group of people who are trying to reform society and make it a better place. He falls in love with a young woman named Alice, who is also involved in the reform movement. However, their relationship is complicated by the fact that Alice is engaged to another man.As Kendricks becomes more involved in the reform movement, he begins to question his own beliefs and his place in society. He also struggles with his feelings for Alice and the moral implications of pursuing a relationship with her.The novel explores themes of love, politics, and social reform. It is a thoughtful and introspective work that offers a glimpse into the complexities of life in late 19th century America.1888. Howells was an American realist author. He wrote for various magazines including Atlantic Monthly and Harper�������s Magazine. His career blossomed after the publication of his first realist novel, A Modern Instance. April Hopes begins: From his place on the floor of the Hemenway Gymnasium Mr. Elbridge G. Mavering looked on at the Class Day gaiety with the advantage which his stature gave him over most people there. Hundreds of these were pretty girls, in a great variety of charming costumes, such as the eclecticism of modern fashion permits, and all sorts of ingenious compromises between walking dress and ball dress. It struck him that the young men on whose arms they hung, in promenading around the long oval within the crowd of stationary spectators, were very much younger than students used to be, whether they wore the dress-coasts of the Seniors or the cutaways of the Juniors and Sophomores; and the young girls themselves did not look so old as he remembered them in his day. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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MRS. Amy Somers, in a lightly floating tea-gown of singularly becoming texture and color, employs the last moments of expectance before the arrival of her guests in marching up and down in front of the mirror which fills the space between the long windows of her drawing-room, looking over either shoulder for different effects of the drifting and eddying train, and advancing upon her image with certain little bobs and bows, and retreating from it with a variety of fan practice and elaborated courtesies, finally degenerating into burlesque, and a series of grimaces and "mouths" made at the responsive reflex.

The Flight of Pony Baker is a novel for children, one of the many stories written by William Dean Howells. It was published by Harper and Brothers in 1902 in New York, New York. It tells the story of a young boy named Pony Baker who, throughout the book, attempts to run away from his home where he lives with his mother, father, and five sisters. The setting of the story is "fifty years ago" in the Boy's Town of Ohio, the state where Howells was born and raised.

"Oh, no; I won't," Hewson willingly assented; but he perceived a disappointment in St. John's tone and manner, and he suspected him, however unjustly, of having meant to give himself importance with his guests by the rumor of a burglary in the house. He was a man quite capable of that, Hewson believed, and failing it, capable of pretending that he wanted the matter hushed up in the interest of others. In any case he saw that it was not to St. John primarily, or secondarily to St. John's guests, that he could celebrate the fact of his apparition.

The Son of Royal Langbrith is a novel written by William Dean Howells. The story revolves around the character of Royal Langbrith, a man who has recently died, leaving behind a son named Burnamy. Burnamy has always felt estranged from his father and is shocked to learn that he has been left a large sum of money in his will.As Burnamy tries to come to terms with his newfound wealth, he also learns more about his father's life and the secrets that he kept hidden. Along the way, Burnamy meets a variety of characters, including a young woman named Agatha who he falls in love with.The novel explores themes of family, inheritance, and the complexities of human relationships. It also touches on issues of class and social status, as Burnamy struggles to reconcile his newfound wealth with his working-class roots.Overall, The Son of Royal Langbrith is a compelling and thought-provoking novel that offers insight into the human condition and the ways in which we navigate the complexities of life.1903. Howells was an American realist author. He wrote for various magazines including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. His career blossomed after the publication of his first realist novel, A Modern Instance. The Son of Royal Langbrith begins: We're neither of us young people, I know, and I can very well believe that you had not thought of marrying again. I can account for your surprise at my offer, even your disgust- Dr. Anther hesitated. Oh no! Mrs. Langbrith protested. But I can't see why it should be terrible as you call it. If you had asked me simply to take no for an answer, I could have taken it. Or taken it better. He looked at her with a wounded air, and she said, I didn't mean terrible in that way. I was only thinking of it for myself, or not so much myself as-some one. She glanced at him, where, tenderly indignant with her, he stood by the window, quite across the room, and she seemed to wish to say more but let her eyes drop without saying more. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

From his place on the floor of the Hemenway Gymnasium Mr. Elbridge G. Mavering looked on at the Class Day gaiety with the advantage which his stature, gave him over most people there. Hundreds of these were pretty girls, in a great variety of charming costumes, such as the eclecticism of modern fashion permits, and all sorts of ingenious compromises between walking dress and ball dress.

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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 itself as any in the past. A few weeks after the death of a poet of such great epical imagination, such great ethical force, as Emile Zola, we may see him as clearly and judge him as fairly as posterity alone was formerly supposed able to see and to judge the heroes that antedated it.

Ragged Lady, V1 is a novel written by William Dean Howells. The book tells the story of Lydia Blood, a young woman from a poor family who has been forced to work as a seamstress in order to support herself and her sick mother. Despite her difficult circumstances, Lydia is determined to make a better life for herself and her family, and she begins to dream of a future in which she is no longer bound by poverty and hardship.As Lydia struggles to make ends meet, she meets a young man named Tom Corey, who is the son of a wealthy businessman. Despite their different backgrounds, Lydia and Tom develop a deep connection, and they begin to work together to improve the lives of the poor and disadvantaged in their community.As the story unfolds, Lydia and Tom encounter a number of obstacles and challenges, including opposition from the wealthy and powerful members of their community. However, they remain committed to their vision of a more just and equitable society, and they continue to work tirelessly to achieve their goals.Overall, Ragged Lady, V1 is a powerful and inspiring novel that explores themes of poverty, social justice, and the power of human connection. Through the story of Lydia and Tom, Howells offers a compelling vision of a better world, one in which all people are valued and respected, regardless of their social status or economic circumstances.Gregory had an habitual severity with his own behavior which did not stop there, but was always passing on to the behavior of others; and his days went by in alternate offence and reparation to those he had to do with. He had to do chiefly with the dining-room girls, whose susceptibilities were such that they kept about their work bathed in tears or suffused with anger much of the time.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

As Don Ippolito passed down the long narrow calle or footway leading from the Campo San Stefano to the Grand Canal in Venice, he peered anxiously about him: now turning for a backward look up the calle, where there was no living thing in sight but a cat on a garden gate; now running a quick eye along the palace walls that rose vast on either hand and notched the slender strip of blue sky visible overhead with the lines of their jutting balconies, chimneys, and cornices; and now glancing toward the canal, where he could see the noiseless black boats meeting and passing.

I do not think that such a fact would now move the fancy of the liveliest newspaper man, so much has the West since returned upon the East in a refluent wave of authorship. But then the West was almost an unknown quality in our literary problem; and in fact there was scarcely any literature outside of New England. Even this was of New England origin, for it was almost wholly the work of New England men and women in the "splendid exile" of New York. The Atlantic Monthly, which was distinctively literary, was distinctively a New England magazine, though from the first it had been characterized by what was more national, what was more universal, in the New England temperament. Its chief contributors for nearly twenty years were Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes, Whittier, Emerson, Doctor Hale, Colonel Higginson, Mrs. Stowe, Whipple, Rose Terry Cooke, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Prescott Spofford, Mrs. Phelps Ward, and other New England writers who still lived in New England, and largely in the region of Boston.

To the perverse all courtships probably are quaint; but if ever human nature may be allowed the full range of originality, it may very well be in the exciting and very personal moments of making love. Our own peculiar social structure, in which the sexes have so much innocent freedom, and youth is left almost entirely to its own devices in the arrangement of double happiness, is so favorable to the expression of character at these supreme moments, that it is wonderful there is so little which is idiosyncratic in our wooings. They tend rather to a type, very simple, very normal, and most people get married for the reason that they are in love, as if it were the most matter-of-course affair of life. They find the fact of being in love so entirely satisfying to the ideal, that they seek nothing adventitious from circumstance to heighten their tremendous consciousness. Yet, here and there people, even American people, are so placed that they take from the situation a color of eccentricity, if they impart none to it, and the old, old story, which we all wish to have end well, zigzags to a fortunate close past juts and angles of individuality which the heroes and heroines have not willingly or wittingly thrown out. They would have chosen to arrive smoothly and uneventfully at the goal, as by far the greater majority do; and probably if they are aware of looking quaint to others in their progress, they do not like it. But it is this peculiar difference which renders them interesting and charming to the spectator. If we all love a lover, as Emerson says, it is not because of his selfish happiness, but because of the odd and unexpected chances which for the time exalt him above our experience, and endear him to our eager sympathies. In life one cannot perhaps have too little romance in affairs of the heart, or in literature too much; and in either one may be as quaint as one pleases in such affairs without being ridiculous.

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ON a lovely day in September, at that season when the most sentimental of the young maples have begun to redden along the hidden courses of the meadow streams, and the elms, with a sudden impression of despair in their languor, betray flecks of yellow on the green of their pendulous boughs, -on such a day at noon, two young men enter the parlour of the Ponkwasset Hotel, and deposit about the legs of the piano the burdens they have been carrying: a camp-stool namely, a field-easel, a closed box of colours, and a canvas to which, apparently, some portion of reluctant nature has just been transferred

In the things of the world, he had fences, and looked at some people through palings and even over the broken bottles on the tops of walls; and I think he was the loser by this, as well as they. But then I think all fences are bad, and that God has made enough differences between men; we need not trouble ourselves to multiply them. Even behind his fences, however, Holmes had a heart kind for the outsiders.

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