A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 novel by William Dean Howells, considered the first novel to depict New York City, focusing on social injustice and post-Civil War America.
A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 novel by William Dean Howells that portrays social injustice and is considered the first novel to depict New York City.
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| Back | A Novel William Dean Howells 1890 Tell how Fulkerson convinces Basil March to move to New York and serve as a literary editor of a new Magazine called Every Other Week A Hazard of New Fortunes is a novel by William Dean Howells. Copyrighted in 1889 and first published in the U.S. by Harper & Bros. in 1890, the book was well-received for its portrayal of social injustice. Considered by many to be his best work, the novel is also considered to be the first novel to portray New York City.[1] Some argue that the novel was the first of three Howells wrote with Socialist and Utopian ideals in mind: The Quality of Mercy in 1892, and An Imperative Duty in 1893. In this novel, although Howells briefly discusses the American Civil War, he primarily deals with issues of post-war "Gilded Age" America, like labor disputes, the rise of the self-made millionaire, the growth of urban America, the influx of immigrants, and other industrial-era problems. Many critics consider A Hazard of New Fortunes to be one of Howells' most important examples of American literary Realism because he portrays a variety of people from different backgrounds. |
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