William Dean Howells
Born: 1 March 1837 — Died: 11 May 192025 books
**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.
Books by William Dean Howells
A counterfeit presentment
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A Hazard of New Fortunes [3/5]
A Modern Instance
A Pair of Patient Lovers
Between the Dark and the Daylight
Familiar Spanish Travels
Fennel and Rue, and Emile Zola
First Visit to New England
Impressions and experiences
In After Days
My First Visit to New England
My First Visit to New England, and Others
No love lost
Novels, 1886-1888
Ragged Lady
Room forty-five
Short Works of William Dean Howells
Stops of various quills
The Altrurian romances
The daughter of the storage and other things in prose and verse
Their Silver Wedding Journey Vol. 2
The Kentons, and Henry James, Jr.
The Rise of Silas Lapham
