tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post5718663427860320223..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: William Dean HowellsFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-23703123210255274912008-12-01T09:44:00.000-08:002008-12-01T09:44:00.000-08:00Thank you for the recommendations. I know nothing...Thank you for the recommendations. I know nothing about Howells's life and will have to lind a biography. I'm glad I read one of his better books; it was carte blanche here.<BR/><BR/>KathyFrisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-3088820675691420022008-12-01T07:04:00.000-08:002008-12-01T07:04:00.000-08:00Howells suffered badly from depression and his bio...Howells suffered badly from depression and his biographers tell of this. Not all his books are as good as _Hazard_. Some are weak, but most I've read are superb. Let me recommend _A Modern Instance_ next (about a divorce), one Henry James like one with the word _Summer_ in it (about a time in Italy) and his two travel books, and if you liked _Babbitt_, _The Rise of Silas Lapham_, and _Wedding Journey_ (he and his wife Isabel took the same ride I and my first husband did) ... and .... :)Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979942382683140531noreply@blogger.com