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William Dean Howells ( March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920) was an American realist author. Born in Ohio, he was rewarded for his biography of Abraham Lincoln, used during the election of 1860, with a consulship in Venice. Upon returning to the U.S., he wrote for various magazines, including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. He wrote his first novel, The Wedding Journey, in 1872, but his career took off with his first realist novel, A Modern Instance.
Howells also wrote plays, criticism, and essays about conteporary literary figures such as Henrik Ibsen and Leo TolstoyLeo Nikolayevitch Tolstoy ( September 9, 1828 some sources say August 28 November 20, 1910) was a Russian novelist, reformer, and moral thinker, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics. As a count, Tolstoy was a member of the Russian, which helped to establish their reputation in the United States. Nevertheless, Howells's own reputation in American literature has waned somewhat, with his novels being considered "prudish." According to him, the vast majority of people who would read his works were women and he wrote in a way that would not offend them.
In 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu, eight years after Howell's death, his daughter published his correspondence as a biography of his literary years.
William Dean Howells was also assistant compiler of Mark Twain's Library of HumorMark Twain's Library of Humor is an 1888 anthology of short humorous works compiled by Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"), William Dean Howells, and Charles Hopkins Clark. In 1880, George Gebbie suggested to Mark Twain that he publish an anthology of humoro.
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