# A Modern Instance

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- Book: [A Modern Instance](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/a-modern-instance) ([A Modern Instance.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/a-modern-instance.md))
- Authors: [William Dean Howells](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells), [Edwin H. Cady](https://www.bookquiver.com/edwin-h-cady)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4039-027-8
- Pages: 496
- Published: 1984-01-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The publication in 1882 of this classic book by “The Dean of American Letters” marked his transition from magazine editor and author of some mildly received comedies of manners, to leading...