Literary Boston as I Knew It (from Literary Friends a…

Name: Literary Boston as I Knew It (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)
Author: William Dean Howells

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CEFR level: C1
Length: 10 chapters
Format: The complete book

About this book

Step aboard a journey through 19th-century Boston’s vibrant literary scene, where New England’s finest minds shaped American letters amidst evolving regional voices and emerging Western and Southern writers challenging the established order.

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