A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 5 by William Dean Howells

"A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 5" by William Dean Howells is the fifth volume of a novel published in 1889. This installment continues the story of Basil March, who moved from Boston to New York to help launch a literary magazine. As tensions escalate between socialist ideals and capitalist interests, the narrative builds toward a violent streetcar strike that brings together the magazine's diverse characters—wealthy owners, impoverished intellectuals, and idealistic humanitarians—in a dramatic confrontation that will forever change their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
Title A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 5
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hazard_of_New_Fortunes
Credits Produced by David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Subject City and town life -- Fiction
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Married people -- Fiction
Subject Social classes -- Fiction
Subject Middle-aged persons -- Fiction
Subject Moving, Household -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 3370
Release Date
Last Update Jan 8, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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