Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920
Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Eye_of_the_Needle Release date is 2005-06-01
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Musser, Charles Franks, David Widger,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Musser, Charles Franks, David Widger,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
"Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance" by William Dean Howells is a utopian novel published in 1907. The final volume in Howells's Altrurian trilogy, it follows Aristides Homos as he navigates New York City's stark contrasts with his pastoral utopian homeland. Through letters to a friend, Homos chronicles his romance with Evelith Strange, a wealthy widow torn between her privileged life and her conscience. She must decide whether to abandon her fortune and follow him to Altruria, where a simpler society awaits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Utopias -- Fiction Love stories Epistolary fiction Utopian fiction United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction
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Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Eye_of_the_Needle Release date is 2005-06-01
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Musser, Charles Franks, David Widger,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Musser, Charles Franks, David Widger,
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
"Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance" by William Dean Howells is a utopian novel published in 1907. The final volume in Howells's Altrurian trilogy, it follows Aristides Homos as he navigates New York City's stark contrasts with his pastoral utopian homeland. Through letters to a friend, Homos chronicles his romance with Evelith Strange, a wealthy widow torn between her privileged life and her conscience. She must decide whether to abandon her fortune and follow him to Altruria, where a simpler society awaits. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction Utopias -- Fiction Love stories Epistolary fiction Utopian fiction United States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1918 -- Fiction
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