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A Hazard of New Fortunes, Part First

Chapter 3 No.3

Word Count: 1124    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

other, and now it expressed a positive pain. But he forced a smile and said: "Th

ourse. Where else sho

hingly that he quite gave up the attempt to be gay about it.

im, as if to make sure that she heard aright, and said, with all the keen reproach th

he best foot, forward at first-or as long as the whole thing was in the air. I didn't know that you would take so much to th

ssented, sadly. "We CO

mself now. "Fulkerson thought we could get a nice flat in New York for about what the interest and taxes came to here, and provisions are cheaper. But I should

eous! Of course I shouldn't mind that; but I've always lived in Boston, and the children were born and have all their friendships and associations here." She added, with the h

flying in the face of Providence to leave Boston. The mere fact of a brilliant opening like that offered me on 'The Microbe,' and the halcyo

lemnly, "have I ever inte

for you to interf

suppose that if I thought it would really be for your a

s that it would. I don't blame you. I wasn't born in Boston, but I understand how you feel. And really, my dear," he added, without irony, "I never serious

ar you say that, Ba

hough it's convenient to have five. The fact is, I'm too old to change so radically. If you don't like my saying that, then you are, Isabel, and so are the children. I've no right to take them from the home we've made, and to change the whole course of their lives, unless I can assure them of something, and I can't assure them of anything. Boston is big enough for us, and it's certainly prettier than New York. I always feel a little proud of hailing from Boston; my pleasure in the place mounts the farther I get away from

e she sat in a growing distraction, and

"Shall we tell the

t's the

d girl sat on either side of the lamp working out the lessons for Monday which they had le

ord first. "And give up the Frid

to Columbia. They haven't got any dormitories, and you have to board round

r perspective shows the affair in its true proportions.

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William Dean Howells Literature
“The book, which takes place in late 19th century New York City, tells the story of Basil March, who finds himself in the middle of a dispute between his employer, a self-made millionaire named Dryfoos, and his old German teacher, an advocate for workers' rights named Lindau. The main character of the novel, Basil March, provides the main perspective throughout the novel. He resides in Boston with his wife and children until he is persuaded by his idealistic friend Fulkerson to move to New York to help him start a new magazine, where the writers benefit in a primitive form of profit sharing. Considered by to be author's best work, the book is also considered to be the first novel to portray New York City. In this novel, Howells 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. Also, Howells here portrays a variety of people from different backgrounds. The book was well-received for its portrayal of social injustice. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction.”
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