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Their Wedding Journey

William Dean Howells

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Giggles and horror from the younger sister, sensation in the young man, and so much rapture in the young woman that she drops the key of her state-room from her hand. They both stoop, and a jocose scuffle for it ensues, after which the talk takes an autobiographical turn on the part of the young man, and drops into an unintelligible murmur. "Ah! poor Real Life, which I love, can I make others share the delight I find in thy foolish and insipid face?"

Not far from this group sat two Hebrews, one young and the other old, talking of some business out of which the latter had retired. The younger had been asked his opinion upon some point, and he was expanding with a flattered consciousness of the elder's perception of his importance, and toadying to him with the pleasure which all young men feel in winning the favor of seniors in their vocation. "Well, as I was a-say'n', Isaac don't seem to haf no natcheral pent for the glothing business. Man gomes in and wands a goat,. . . Read More

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- Hugh - Jul 29, 2014

Welcome to a book with no plot, no suspense, no conflict, no scary-sexy vampires, and no (thankfully,) surprise twist at the end. The book is Their Wedding Journey and the author is the forgotten American savant, William Dean Howells (1837-1920.) Howells dominated American literature between the Civ

3.00
- Kevin - Apr 03, 2023

"Her husband looked at her with the gravity a man must feel when he begins to perceive that he has married the whole mystifying world of womankind in the woman of his choice" (45).

"'We're in sight of Quebec,' he said. 'Come out as soon as you can – come out unto the seventeenth century" (77).

"It was

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- Sylvie - Mar 21, 2023

When the stewards of the car came round successfully with tropical fruits, ice-creams, and claret-punches, they felt a heightened assurance that they were either enchanted princes -or Americans... the general appearance of the passengers hardly suggested greater wealth than elsewhere; and they were

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- Judy - Jul 18, 2008

I actually read this as an etext - my memories of it have faded, but I know I enjoyed it at the time. Pleased to see that it is now out in a print edition.

3.00
- Nancy - Oct 17, 2016

Not sure why I picked this up...I think I read a review that compared a contemporary book to Howells, called him underrated, etc. This was amusing but I have so little patience for the prolix style I had a hard time making myself finish it. Interesting to read about Niagara Falls circa 1870, wedding

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