William Dean: 355 books

Help!My Praise is Under Attack, is an exciting book, focused on helping every individual overcome challenges in the area of praise. This book gives insight on the power, the purpose and the process of praise. We also learn about why our praise is attacked and the common methods of attack against our...

Ten of the greatest authors of all time present their great works in the short story genre. A great compilation of tales for all tastes with the  great geniuses of literature in his most acclaimed works.  This selection specially chosen by the literary critic  August Nemo, contains the following...

In this humorous sketch from William Dean Howells, a refined gentleman attempts to navigate the rough-and-tumble vagaries of the marketplace when he sets out to procure the perfect horse. His early efforts go hilariously awry, but he learns some important lessons along the way.

Autobiographical travelogue. According to Wikipedia: "William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic... In 1858, he began to work at the Ohio State Journal where he wrote poetry, short stories, and also translated pieces from French, Spanish, and...

Though it did not achieve the popular success of novels like The Rise of Silas Lapham, critics regard William Dean Howells' The Landlord at Lion's Head as a masterpiece of literary naturalism. It follows amoral antihero Jeff Durgin as he transforms his humble family farm into an upscale resort property.

The Flight of Pony Baker is a novel for children which 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...

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885...

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885...

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885...

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885...

Christmas is the most famous holiday of the year, and the word itself evokes images of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, lights, the baby Jesus, and, of course, presents. Instantly, well known Christmas carols ring in your ears, or maybe you even picture nutcrackers or Scrooge and Tiny Tim. Christmas...

"It was their lovely ways, far more than their monuments, that made the Florentines delightful. I would rather have had a perpetuity of the cameriere's smile than Donatello's San Giorgio." Tuscany is arguably the most alluring and iconic region of Italy. It is a place of breathtaking...

In this short comic play from William Dean Howells, a widow, Amy Somers, goes through the motions of hosting a tea party and is unexpectedly swept off her feet by the eccentric and charming Willis Campbell. The married pair are featured in a series of farcical plays that Howells would go on to write.

Many of William Dean Howells' stories and novels revolve around traveling and vacations, a trait shared with the work of his friend and literary supporter Henry James. The novella "An Open-Eyed Conspiracy" takes place in the popular nineteenth-century resort town of Saratoga.