The Landlord at Lion's Head (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>Praised for the masterfully drawn protagonist, Jeff Durgan,<i>The Landlord at Lions Head</i>considered one of Howellss best novels for its expert characterizationfollows Durgin from his impoverished childhood on a New England farm, to his unsuccessful career at Harvard, and finally to success at his fashionable hotel on the old farms site.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>William Dean Howells</b> (1837-1920) was an American novelist and critic.&#xa0; He edited the<i>Atlantic Monthly</i> from 1871-1881, where he championed literary realism and advanced the careers of such important American writers as Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Henry James.&#xa0; His best known novel is<i>The Rise of Silas Lapham</i> (1885).</p></div>

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