A Circus In The Suburbs by William Dean Howells
Story type: EssayWe dwellers in cities and large towns, if we are well-to-do, have more than our fill of pleasures of all kinds; and for now many years past we have been …
Essay
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author’s own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.
The Horse Show by William Dean Howells
Story type: Essay“As good as the circus–not so good as the circus–better than the circus.” These were my varying impressions, as I sat looking down upon the tanbark, the …
American Literature In Exile by William Dean Howells
Story type: EssayA recently lecturing Englishman is reported to have noted the unenviable primacy of the United States among countries where the struggle for material pro …
The Problem Of The Summer by William Dean Howells
Story type: EssayIt has sometimes seemed to me that the solution of the problem how and where to spend the summer was simplest with those who were obliged to spend it as …
From New York Into New England by William Dean Howells
Story type: EssayThere is, of course, almost a world’s difference between England and the Continent anywhere; but I do not recall just now any transition between Continen …
Aesthetic New York Fifty-Odd Years Ago by William Dean Howells
Story type: EssayA study of New York civilization in 1849 has lately come into my hands, with a mortifying effect, which I should like to share with the reader, to my pri …