William Dean Howells

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American author, critic, and playwright (1837-1920)

United States WritersLived 1837 to 1920 · aged 83

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William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters".

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The William Dean Howells House in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was designed by his wife Elinor Mead, and it was occupied by Howells and his family from 1873 to 1878.

Howells circa 1870

Howells in his home office, before 1902

Howells in 1906

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SpouseElinor Mead Howells

ChildJohn Mead Howells

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William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, 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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