{"product_id":"a-pair-of-patient-lovers-william-dean-howells-9788027332458","title":"A Pair of Patient Lovers (Unabridged)","description":"Excerpt: \"I have often had to criticize life for a certain caprice with which she treats the elements of drama, and mars the finest conditions of tragedy with a touch of farce. No one who witnessed the marriage of Arthur Glendenning and Edith Bentley had any belief that she would survive it twenty-four hours; they themselves were wholly without hope in the moment which for happier lovers is all hope.\" William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Dean Howells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8027332451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788027332458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e E-Artnow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"William Dean Howells","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454075220223,"sku":"9788027332458","price":11.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6c049e4-6d0d-4058-a3d6-c4781f77b8ad.jpg?v=1777304035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-pair-of-patient-lovers-william-dean-howells-9788027332458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}