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A Modern Instance

A Modern Instance

by William Dean Howells

1881Married womenJournalists' spousesFictionBoston (mass.), fictionJournalists, fiction
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Married womenJournalists' spousesFictionBoston (mass.), fictionJournalists, fictionMarried people, fiction
First published 1881

Setting

Boston (Mass.)

About the author

William Dean Howells
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.

Author

William Dean Howells

First published

1881

Pages

362

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

91

Language

English

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN

9781444442373

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