The Minister's Charge (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Minister's Charge (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells, Barnes & Noble
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: William Dean Howells ISBN: 9781411459168
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: July 19, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: William Dean Howells
ISBN: 9781411459168
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: July 19, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

This 1886 novel introduces Howells's concept—derived from Tolstoy—of moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on.  A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet.  Instead, his naïveté leaves him an easy mark, and he is soon destitute.  A minister, Sewell, is forced to consider his own complicity in Barker's fate . . . and by extension that of all his less-fortunate fellows.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This 1886 novel introduces Howells's concept—derived from Tolstoy—of moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on.  A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet.  Instead, his naïveté leaves him an easy mark, and he is soon destitute.  A minister, Sewell, is forced to consider his own complicity in Barker's fate . . . and by extension that of all his less-fortunate fellows.

More books from Barnes & Noble

Cover of the book Travels in Alaska (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book The Child in the House (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Oliver Cromwell (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Felix Holt, the Radical (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Hours in a Library, Volume 3 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book The Writer's Art (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book One Man in His Time (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Eugene Field in His Home (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book King Arthur and His Knights (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book My Contemporaries in Fiction (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book The Gods and Other Lectures (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book A Whisper in the Dark: Twelve Thrilling Tales by Louisa May Alcott by William Dean Howells
Cover of the book Jane Austen: Her Life and Letters (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) by William Dean Howells
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy