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    An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga
    An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga
    An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga
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    An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga

    By William Dean Howells

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    It is a far cry from Mr. W. D. Howells's early book to his later ones, and admirers of that author ought to leave An Open-Eyed Conspiracy severely alone if they wish to preserve any still lingering taste for his stories. The scene of this colorless work is laid in Saratoga, but it might as well have been laid in a railroad station for all the dreary waste spread before the reader. As we write this we remember what a wonderful scene Tolstoi makes in a railway station when we first meet Anna Karenina, and we feel in an instant the difference between the man of imagination and the man whose mind dwells on commonplace and sordid images. There is little or no plot to Mr. Howells's story, and the character drawing is weak and purposeless.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateJan 8, 2015
    ISBN9781633554924
    An Open-Eyed Conspiracy: An Idyl of Saratoga
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    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.

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