William Dean Howells

Extract: "The little girl came into her papa's study, as she always did Saturday morning before breakfast, and asked for a story. He tried to beg o...

Reducere. Theodore Colville, detinatorul unei publicatii, ajunge sa fie dezamagit de afacerea sa. Drept urmare, decide sa o vanda si sa plece intr-o vacanta ...

Reducere. The story of early Ohio from the days of the Mound Builders to the Victorian Age. This is a story of the people who lived in what is now the Great ...

"I love teaching The Rise of Silas Lapham because it is a rich opportunity to examine humor, American Dream ideology, and realism (and sentimentali...

Reducere. DescriptionEdith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Al...

Reducere. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to ...

Reducere. Content: The Ice Folk and the Earth Folk Ohio as a Part of France Ohio Becomes English The Forty Years' War for the West The Captivity of James Smi...

Reducere. DescriptionPaul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was one of the first African American writers to gain national notoriety, and in his very short career ...

Reducere. Classic literary masterpieces help us to remind the spirit of Christmas and celebrate the timeless truths of the holiday season. This collection of...

Reducere. "No American fiction of the year merits recognition more than this Russian's stories of Yiddish life. ... Mr. Cahan] is a humorist, and his humor d...