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The William Dean Howells Library

The William Dean Howells Library

By: William Dean Howells
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In these unabridged readings of William Dean Howells, the listener is invited into drawing rooms, countinghouses, city streets, and quiet chambers of conscience, where ordinary lives reveal their most extraordinary meanings. Here are stories of ambition, love, money, manners, and moral choice, told with wit, sympathy, and a clear eye for the truths people often hide from themselves. The William Dean Howells Library restores one of America’s great realist voices to the living ear.Public domain
Episodes
  • Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXIII

    Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXIII
    Aug 11 2026
    In which Lydia arrives in Venice and navigates the subtle social expectations and curiosities of her aunt Josephine's circle, encountering the delicate artifice of European manners, church-going customs, and cultural nuances that contrast sharply with her American upbringing. Amidst new acquaintances and genteel intrigues, Lydia's quiet reserve and honest responses reveal the gentle tensions between old-world formality and her own straightforward spirit.
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    37 mins
  • Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXII

    Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXII
    Aug 10 2026
    In which Lydia arrives at the hotel in Trieste and is warmly attended by an elderly Italian woman sent by her aunt, setting in motion a journey filled with cultural curiosities and genteel observations. Amidst the charming strangeness of her passage and a tender reunion with her aunt in Venice, Lydia is gently drawn into a world both foreign and familiar, where affection and society await.
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    12 mins
  • Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXI

    Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXI
    Aug 9 2026
    In which the travellers arrive in Trieste with an air of restrained farewell and unspoken sentiment, leaving one gentleman burdened with regret over his silence to the lady he admires. Amidst the bustle of departure and a mishap to a friend, he composes a heartfelt letter to her, resolving to delay his visit but to pursue it with steadfast purpose when the time permits.
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    11 mins
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