A Hazard of New Fortunes

ISBN: 9780140439236

出版社: Penguin USA

出版年: 2001-12

页数: 480

定价: 124.00元

装帧: Pap

内容简介

"A great American novel . . . it remains uncannily contemporary." (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker )

Set against a vividly depicted background of fin de siécle New York, this novel centers on the conflict between a self-made millionaire and a fervent social revolutionary-a conflict in which a man of goodwill futilely attempts to act as a mediator, only to be forced himself into a crisis of conscience. Here we see William Dean Howells's grasp of the realities of the American experience in an age of emerging social struggle. His absolute determination to fairly represent every point of view is evident throughout this multifaceted work. Both a memorable portrait of an era and a profoundly moving study of human relationships, A Hazard of New Fortunes fully justifies Alfred Kazin's ranking of Howells as "the first great domestic novelist of American life."