The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors
A unique novel told in chapters, each one by a different author. The unusual project was conceived by William Dean Howells, an American realist author and literary critic. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. The twelve authors are: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse and Edith Wyatt.
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The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors
A unique novel told in chapters, each one by a different author. The unusual project was conceived by William Dean Howells, an American realist author and literary critic. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. The twelve authors are: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse and Edith Wyatt.
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The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors

The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors

by William Dean Howells
The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors

The Whole Family: A Novel by Twelve Authors

by William Dean Howells

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A unique novel told in chapters, each one by a different author. The unusual project was conceived by William Dean Howells, an American realist author and literary critic. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. The twelve authors are: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse and Edith Wyatt.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633555679
Publisher: Start Classics
Publication date: 01/08/2015
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 180
File size: 398 KB

Table of Contents

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
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