This 1886 novel introduces Howells's conceptderived from Tolstoyof moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on. A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet. Instead, his navet leaves him an easy mark, and he is soon destitute.
A minister, Sewell, is forced to consider his own complicity in Barker's fate . . . and by extension that of all his less-fortunate fellows.
| ISBN: | 9781411459168 |
| Publication date: | 19th July 2011 |
| Author: | Howells, William Dean |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook |
This 1886 novel introduces Howells's conceptderived from Tolstoyof moral complicity, which would play a large part in his fiction from this point on. A poor farmer, Lemuel Barker, comes to Boston with dreams of becoming a poet.
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Minister's Charge (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) was written by Howells, William Dean and published by Barnes & Noble
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