A Hazard of New Fortunes (Modern Library) (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

W.D. Howells

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375759271 ISBN 13: 9780375759277

Publisher: Modern Library Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Its paperback series feature treasured classics, major translations of great works, and rediscoveries of keen literary and historical merit. Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader. Centering on a conflict between a self-made millionaire and an idealistic reformer in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York, A Hazard of New Fortunes insightfully renders the complexities of the American experience at a time of great social and economic upheaval and transformation. In its depiction of wealth, poverty, and New York City life, it remains a strikingly contemporary work. Reproduced here is the authoritative Indiana University Press Edition edited and annotated by David J. Nordloh, with full scholarly commentary and extensive textual apparatus

About this title

Review:

The first great domestic novelist of American life --Alfred Kazin

About the Author:

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer. His many books include The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House. He lives in New York City. David J. Nordloh is professor of English at Indiana University. He is the general editor and textual editor of the Indiana University Press Selected Edition of William Dean Howells, published in twenty-five volumes

About this edition

• Publisher: Modern Library Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375759271
• ISBN 13: 9780375759277
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624
• Editor: David J. Nordloh