Howells

[ hou-uh lz ]

/ ˈhaʊ əlz /

William Dean,1837–1920, U.S. author, critic, and editor.

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“It was not merely the work in which he had constantly grown happier that he saw taken from him,” Howells notes.
The Novel That Foretold the TNR Meltdown|Nicolaus Mills|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A garden reception to Mr. and Mrs. Howells gave us an opportunity to see the American novelist surrounded by his English friends.
Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897|Elizabeth Cady Stanton
One of the oddest things of which I heard on my trip was that Mr. Howells is credited with being born in more than one place.
Years of My Youth|William Dean Howells
"There is no happy life for woman—the advantage that the world offers her is her choice in self-sacrifice," wrote Mr. Howells.
Egoists|James Huneker

Howells struck with all his strength and his hard knuckles took the halfbreed on the point of the jaw.
The Ranger Boys Outwit the Timber Thieves|Claude A. Labelle
Howells adds that as much as forty times this amount was sometimes offered to Mark Twain in later years.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine