A Hazard of New Fortunes

By William Dean Howells

The book, which takes place in late 19th Century New York, tells the story of the dispute between a self-made millionaire and a social revolutionary, with a third man attempting to act as mediator.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Classics
• Release date: Jan 8, 2015
• ISBN: 9781633555198

William Dean Howells

William Dean Howells was a realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings.

Reviews for A Hazard of New Fortunes

[corinneblackmer · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

 Basi March, who allegorizes the neutral or objective viewpoint of "plain good sense," lives in Boston with his wife and children, but is persuaded by a man named Fulkerton to move to New York City and start a new magazine, which is named "Every Other Week." March attempts and fails to mediate heated disputes between a millionaire capitalist and a socialist; in the meantime, riots break out across the city, which is beautifully and extensively rendered in this novel, over labor inequities.