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A Modern Instance

by William Dean Howells

1881 · Romance · Novel

Open Library OL69161W

A Modern Instance concerns the deterioration of an once loving marriage under the influence of capitalistic greed. A Modern Instance is the first American novel by a canonical author to seriously consider divorce as a realistic outcome of marriage.

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William Dean Howells (1837–1920) is represented here by 105 public-domain titles, including A Belated Guest (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance), A Boy's Town, and A Chance Acquaintance. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for William Dean Howells.

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