Book detail: Selected Mark Twain-Howells letters, 1872-1910 is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
This volume brings together a selection of letters exchanged between two towering figures of American letters, Mark Twain and William Dean Howells, from 1872 to 1910. The correspondence documents a sustained personal and professional relationship, offering insight into their collaborative literary culture, shared opinions on contemporary events, and the evolution of their respective writing careers. The letters reflect the warmth and candor of their friendship, as well as the broader literary and social currents of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America.
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