William Dean Howells, Henry James

The Whole Family (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel by Twelve Authors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An ingenious concept conceived by William Dean Howells, Whole Family is a novel written by twelve different writers, including Henry James, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Henry Van Dyke. Each writer tackles a different family member, with Howells's portrait of the family patriarch, who has doubts about his daughter's engagement, setting the story in motion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Barnes & Noble
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Altersempfehlung: ab 0 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781411443525
• Artikelnr.: 50390217

Autorenporträt

William Dean Howells et al.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations iv
Foreward v
Introduction: The Whole Story Behind xi
The Whole Family / Alfred Bendixen
1 The Father / William Dean Howells 3
2 The Old-Maid Aunt / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 30
3 The Grandmother / Mary Heaton Vorse 60
4 The Daughter in Law / Mary Stewart Cutting 80
5 The School Girl / Elizabeth Jordan 101
6 The Son-In-Law / John Kendrick Bangs 124
7 The Married Son / Henry James 144
8 The Married Daughter / Elizabeth Stewart Phelps 185
9 The Mother / Edith Wyatt 219
10 The School Boy / Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews 240
11 Peggy / Alice Brown 264
12 The Friend of the Family / Henry Van Dyke 293
Appendix 317