Indian Summer (New York Review Books Classics)
William Dean Howells, Wendy Lesser,Paperback,Series: New York Review Books Classics Series, English-language edition,Pub by New York Review Books
William Dean Howells, Wendy Lesser,Paperback,Series: New York Review Books Classics Series, English-language edition,Pub by New York Review Books
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781590171097 (1590171098)
ASIN: 9781590171097
Publish date: 09-09-2004
Publisher: New York Review Books
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
William Dean Howells was way famous back in the day as a writer, magazine editor, literary critic, and best buddy of Mark Twain. He termed himself a realist, which as far as I can make out, means that he was against melodrama of the heaving bosom variety. This is a charming book (and actually does i...
Charming late 19th century romance of errors, set in Florence where a 41 year old American bachelor has come to revisit the scene of his earlier disappointment in love and have his midlife crisis. He finds himself torn between the the wrong girl and the right woman and will the characters make use o...
I had a little difficulty getting into this comedy of manners and middle age, as it has a slow start, but once in I thoroughly enjoyed it. Wordy like Henry James but more witty and in some cases out and out funny. Somehow though, not quite the quality of James, although I can't put my finger on why....