{"product_id":"a-modern-instance-paperback","title":"A Modern Instance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dean Howells\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdwin H. Cady\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publication in 1882 of this classic book by \"The Dean of American Letters\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003emarked his transition from magazine editor and author of some mildly received comedies of manners, to leading American novelist and champion of realism in American literature. The story of Bartley Hubbard, a philandering, dishonest Boston journalist, and Marcia Gaylord, the wife who divorces him, is the first serious treatment of divorce in American literature. Although Howells had considered writing the novel for years, the actual composition of it brought forth another theme besides that of divorce--that of new journalism. Yet these two innovative and powerful themes are no more than vehicles for Howells's real achievement--the perceptive delineation of contemporary American character, conditions in American culture, and the acute dislocations in ethical sensibility that fray the social fabric. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBartley was still free as air; but if he could once make up his mind to settle down in a hole like Equity he could have her by turning his hand.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Dean Howells\u003c\/b\u003e (1837-1920) was born in Martins Ferry, Ohio. His father was a printer and newspaperman, and the family moved from town to town. Howells went to school where he could. As a boy he began learning the printer's skill. By the time he was in his teens he was setting type for his own verse. Between 1856 and 1861 he worked as a reporter for the \u003cb\u003eOhio State Journal\u003c\/b\u003e. About this time his poems began to appear in the \u003cb\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e. His campaign biography of Abraham Lincoln, compiled in 1860, prompted the administration to offer him the consulship at Venice, a post he held from 1861 to 1865. He married Elinor Gertrude Meade, a young woman from Vermont, in 1862 Paris. On his return to the United States in 1865, Howells worked in New York before going to Boston as assistant to James T. Fields of \u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e. In 1871 he became editor-in-chief of the magazine. In this position he worked with many young writers, among them Mark Twain and Henry James, both of whom became his close friends. His first novel, \u003cb\u003eTheir Wedding Journey\u003c\/b\u003e, appeared in 1872. \u003cb\u003eThe Rise of Silas Lapham\u003c\/b\u003e was serialized in \u003cb\u003eCentury Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e before it was published in book form in 1885. \u003cb\u003eA Hazard of New Fortunes\u003c\/b\u003e was published five years later. His position as critic, writer, and enthusiastic exponent of the new realism earned \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dean Howells\u003c\/b\u003e the respected title of Dean of American Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 7.73 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 1984\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256794005753,"sku":"9780140390278","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PliyJCGbYa9780140390278.webp?v=1768738644","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-modern-instance-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}