# A Hazard of New Fortunes

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- Book: [A Hazard of New Fortunes](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/a-hazard-of-new-fortunes) ([A Hazard of New Fortunes.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/a-hazard-of-new-fortunes.md))
- Authors: [William Dean Howells](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells), [Phillip Lopate](https://www.bookquiver.com/phillip-lopate)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4043-923-6
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2001-12-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Set against a vividly depicted background of fin de siécle New York, this novel centers on the conflict between a self-made millionaire and a fervent social revolutionary-a conflict in which a man...