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A Modern Instance - Softcover

Howells, William Dean

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Synopsis

A Modern Instance is a realistic novel written by William Dean Howells, and published in 1882 by J. R. Osgood & Co. The novel is about the deterioration of a once loving marriage under the influence of capitalistic greed. It is the first American novel by a canonical author to seriously consider divorce as a realistic outcome of marriage.

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About the Author

Vinton A. Dearing, editor of the California Dryden edition, is Professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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