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Indian Summer by William Dean Howells is a classic novel of love and longing. Set in the idyllic Tuscan countryside, the story follows a group of American expats as they explore their relationships and discover what it means to be in love. From the romantic tension between the... Read Full Overview

Set against a glamorous Italian backdrop, here is William Dean Howell's classic comedy of errors, a pitch-perfect story of romantic confusions that surprises and delights. "A midlife crisis has rarely been sketched in fiction with better humor," writes John Updike in his engaging... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Indian Summer by William Dean Howells

Indian Summer is an 1886 novel by William Dean Howells. Though it was published after The Rise of Silas Lapham, it was written before The Rise of Silas Lapham. The setting for this novel was inspired by a trip Howells had recently taken with his family to Europe. Howells was... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: Indian Summer by William Dean Howells

Indian summer (1886). This book, "Indian summer", by William Dean Howells, is a replication of a book originally published before 1886. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

Midway of the Ponte Vecchio at Florence where three arches break the lines of the little jewellers' booths glittering on either hand and open an approach to the parapet Colville lounged against the corner of a shop and stared out upon the river.

Perhaps the first novel to examine the phenomenon of American in Europe, Indian Summer treats a theme that Henry James would continue to explore over the next two decades. Both a love story and a valediction to youth, Howells' evocative novel reveals its story in a tone at once... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Indian Summer is a novel by William D. Howells, one of the foremost literary figures of his time and a pioneer of the American realist movement. The book tells the story of a middle-aged man named Theodore Colville who travels to Florence, Italy, to reconnect with a younger... Read Full Overview

Indian Summer is a novel by William D. Howells, one of the foremost literary figures of his time and a pioneer of the American realist movement. The book tells the story of a middle-aged man named Theodore Colville who travels to Florence, Italy, to reconnect with a younger... Read Full Overview