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A Modern Instance
A Modern Instance
Author: William Dean Howells
The story of Bartley Hubbard, a philandering, dishonest Boston journalist, and Marcia Gaylord, the wife who divorces him, is the first serious treatment of divorce in American literature. Although [William Dean] Howells had considered writing the novel for years...the actual composition of it brought forth another theme besides that of divo...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140390278
ISBN-10: 0140390278
Publication Date: 1/3/1984
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Kmarie avatar reviewed A Modern Instance on + 529 more book reviews
A classic book. Set in rural New England, Boston and the Middle West, his portrayal of the America of his day is a triumph of accurate reportage coupled with novelistic air. Originally published in 1882.
A young woman named Marcia Gaylor, abandoned by her husband, contests his divorce petition. Howells's 1882 novel represents one of the earliest treatments of divorce in American literature.


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