Ragged Lady.

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. [illustrations, Albert I. Keller, 1844-1920.]

Published by New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899., 1899

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[1st trade edition] ; 2 p. l., 357 p. front., 9 pl. 19 cm. ; LCCN: 99-557 ; OCLC: 274496 ; "Her story is full of the familiar mannerisms and individualities that made Mr. Howells's earlier work so unmistakably his own. It is romance, pure and simple; sweet, true, wholesome, epigrammatic, slightly ironical ; marred only by the tiresome, phonetic spelling of the New England dialect. [The] Ragged Lady herself is a most charming type of the old-fashioned heroine. There is nothing of the new woman about her; she feels no depressing responsibilities of political or social problems. She lives her impoverished childhood and her richly provided young womanhood with equal simplicity and dignity. Luck, lovers, travel, and even the fairy godmother, Mrs. Lander, that globe-trotting hypochondriac, never seemed to surprise or upset her. A little country girl, winning her quiet way through the world, is the story that Mr. Howells has given us. It ¡s a simple, un-complex thread of a story, hung with wit and wisdom, the character sketches and conclusions that Mr. Howells so deftly collects about his plots. In the heated ballroom, or anxious, laboratory atmosphere of so much of the modern fiction, Mr. Howells's writing seems to have a particularly cool and piazza-like temperature."--The Literary World, April, 1899 ; red cloth with gold lettering ; a little soiled ; slight foxing ; an ink spot on spine ; G.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ragged Lady.
• Publisher: New York ; London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899.
• Publication Date: 1899
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 59 - Fiction