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A Modern Instance
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Author
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William Dean Howells.
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Dover
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paperback
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8.2
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9780486468877
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329/2008
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04193
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A novel centered on the theme of divorce was a radical concept in 1882, so this portrait of a failing marriage also defines a transitional moment in literary history. A former editor of the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine, novelist William Dean Howells was opposed to the sentimentalism and theatrical endings in fiction, and developed an influential literary style based on unvarnished realism. The story begins in Equity, Maine, with the elopement of young lovers Bartley Hubbard and Marcia Gaylord. But Bartley's self-indulgent ambitions and Marcia's jealous insecurities prove to be a combustible mix of character flaws.
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