The William Dean Howells Page

( 1837 - 1920 )

Major Works
A Selected Edition of W. D. H. was inaugurated at Indiana University Press in 1969. Some thirty volumes have been published, but most appear to be out of print. Novels, 1875 - 1886, containing A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, and The Rise Of Silas Lapham, is a volume in the Library of America, 1982. From the same source, Novels, 1886 - 1888, Containing The Minister's Charge, April Hopes, and Annie Kilburn was published in 1989. Presumably other volumes will follow. Howells wrote some thirty-eight novels.

Columbus ( 1860 ).
Venetian Life ( 1866 ).
Italian Journeys ( 1867 ).
Their Wedding Journey ( 1872 ).
Chance Acquaintance ( 1873 ).
Poems ( 1873 ). On Line
A Foregone Conclusion ( 1875 ).
Lady of the Aroostook ( 1879 ).
The Undiscovered Country ( 1880 ).
A Modern Instance ( 1882 ).
The Rise of Silas Lapham ( 1885 ). The Norton Critical Edition (1982) is edited by Don Cook.
Indian Summer ( 1886 ).
The Minister's Charge ( 1887 ).
Annie Kilburn ( 1888 ).
April Hopes ( 1888 ).
A Hazard of New Fortunes ( 1889 ).
A Traveler from Altruria ( 1889 ).
The Shadow of a Dream ( 1890 ). >
Criticism and Fiction ( 1891 ).
An Imperative Duty ( 1892 ).
The Day of Their Wedding ( 1896 ).
The Landlord at Lion's Head ( 1897 ).
The Story of a Play ( 1898 ).
Ragged Lady ( 1899 ).
Letters Home ( 1903 ).
The Son of Royal Langbrith ( 1904 ).
Miss Bellard's Inspiration ( 1905 ).
Editha ( 1905 ).
Through the Eye of a Needle ( 1907 ).
Fennel and Rue ( 1908 ).
My Mark Twain ( 1910 ).
New Leaf Mills: A Chronicle ( 1913 ).
The Leatherwood God ( 1916 ).
The Vacation of the Kelwyns ( 1920 ).

About Howells
Edwin H. Cady, The Road to Realism. Syracuse, 1956. First part of a two-volume biography.
____________, The Realist at War. Syracuse, 1958. Second part of a two-volume biography.
____________, W. D. Howells as Critic. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973.
Kenneth Lynn, William Dean Howells: An American Life. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.
The William Dean Howells Society. Includes texts of several works.

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