Overview :W. D. Howells once wrote to his friend Mark Twain of "the black heart's-truth, which we all know of ourselves in our hearts" -- the dark cor... Read More
Overview :William Dean Howells ( March 1, 1837 - May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean ... Read More
Overview :No drop-curtain, at any theatre I have seen, was ever so richly imagined, with misty tops and shadowy clefts and frowning cliffs and gloomy ... Read More
Overview :Frederick James Gould (19 December 1855 - 6 April 1938) was an English teacher, writer, and pioneer secular humanist. Early life and career:... Read More
Overview :In the best room of a farm-house on the skirts of a village in the hills of Northern Massachusetts, there sat one morning in August three pe... Read More
Overview :Christmas Every Day and Other Stories is a classic collection of Christmas stories told for children from the works of W.D. Howells includin... Read More
Overview :If there was any fellow in the Boy's Town fifty years ago who had a good reason to run off it was Pony Baker. Pony was not his real name; it... Read More
Overview :A father uses his daughter to try to prove his belief in spiritualism. When his efforts fail, they retreat to a Shaker community to recover ... Read More
Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This ... Read More