Howells
Americannoun
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Ludlow and Cornelia are the young lovers whom William Dean Howells brings together in a novel set amid the art schools, boardinghouses, drawing rooms and artists’ studios of late-19th-century New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
As Howells observes, “this is what no one can quite do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
There was further praise for the "staggering" set pieces from the Standard's Nick Howells, external, who said The Odyssey was a "far more astonishing experience" than Oppenheimer.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We always advise them that they take their medication out within the pots or packages, that would have their name and details on," said Dr Howells.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
In Wharton and Howells, on the other hand, there is frequently an edge of satire, and sometimes a hint of seismic rumble.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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