A boy's town
Social life and customsUnited States in fictionFictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Realism in literature
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Describes the typical adventures of a mid-nineteenth-century boy from his third to eleventh years.
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Social life and customsUnited States in fictionFictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Realism in literatureChildren's stories, American
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United States19th century
About the author
William Dean Howells
1 March 1837 – 11 May 1920
**William Dean Howells** (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of *The Atlantic Monthly*, as well as for the novels *The Rise of Silas Lapham* and *A Traveler from Altruria*, and the Christmas story *Christmas Every Day*, which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name.
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