Howells
Americannoun
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Howells said his grandson was born six weeks after the crash, but he was unable to fully enjoy his arrival because of his injuries.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
As Howells observes, “this is what no one can quite do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
Sheen will reprise his role as composer Antonio Salieri opposite Howells as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
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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