This 1886 novel introduces Howells's concept—derived from Tolstoy—of moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on. A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet. Instead, his naïveté leaves him an easy mark, and he is soon destitute. A minister, Sewell, is forced to consider his own complicity in Barker's fate . . . and by extension that of all his less-fortunate fellows.
This 1886 novel introduces Howells's concept—derived from Tolstoy—of moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on. A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet. Instead, his naïveté leaves him an easy mark, and he is soon destitute. A minister, Sewell, is forced to consider his own complicity in Barker's fate . . . and by extension that of all his less-fortunate fellows.
The Minister's Charge (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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| ISBN-13: | 9781411459168 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication date: | 07/19/2011 |
| Series: | Barnes & Noble Digital Library |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 476 |
| File size: | 413 KB |
| Age Range: | 3 Months to 18 Years |