The Son of Royal Langbrith

By William Dean Howells

Book 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498053807
• ISBN13: 9781498053808
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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A spoiled son (James Langbrith) is opposed to his widowed mother marrying again because he feels it will dishonor the image he has of his father: he thinks his father was a great man, but actually he was a monster. The truth isn't revealed to James until near the end, and he handles it well. He wants to tell everyone the truth about his father but is counselled against it. Howells should not have killed off Dr. Anther, who was about to marry James's mother: it makes things too easy for James. But the story is interesting and develops smartly in Howells's hands.