William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was a popular US novelist, the son of a Swedenborgian journalist, born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio. He adopted journalism as a profession, produced a popular Life of Lincoln, and from 1861 to 1865 was Consul at Venice. By resuming journalism he became a contributor to the best American papers and magazines, and was for a number of years editor of the Atlantic Monthly. He was an excellent journalist, poet, and critic, it is yet as a novelist - witty, graceful, and acute - that he is best known. "A Chance Acquaintance," "A Foregone Conclusion," "A Modern Instance," "An Indian Summer" are among his popular works.

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