. . "1800 - 1899" . . "Man-woman relationships Fiction." . . "Interpersonal relations Fiction." . . "J.A. Howells & Co." . . "1900 - 1999" . . "FICTION / General" . . "Ragged lady : A novel" . . "Ragged lady : a novel ; illustrated by A.I. Keller" . . . . . "Ragged lady" . "Electronic books"@en . . . "Ragged Lady : a Novel"@en . "William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. He wrote his first novel, Their Wedding Journey, in 1871, but his literary reputation really took off with the realist novel A Modern Instance, published in 1882, which describes the decay of a marriage. His 1885 novel The Rise of Silas Lapham is perhaps his best known, describing the rise and fall of an American entrepreneur in the paint business. His social views were also strongly reflected in the novels Annie Kilburn (1888) and A Hazard of New Fortunes (1890). While known primarily as a novelist, his short."@en . . . . . "Ragged lady; a novel illustrated by A.I.Keller" . "Ragged Lady a novel"@en . . "Ragged lady, a novel"@en . "Large type books" . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ragged Lady: a novel ... Illustrated by A.I. Keller"@en . . . . . . . . "Ragged Lady. A novel. . Illustrated by A.I. Keller"@en . "Howells spent several years in Italy, including a stint as United States consul in Venice. He used Italy as the backdrop in several works, including his novel Ragged Lady , the story of a young woman from New England who travels to Venice to meet her future husband."@en . . . . . . "Ragged lady : a novel"@en . "Ragged lady : a novel" . . "Ragged lady a novel" . "Ragged lady a novel"@en . . . . . . . "Ragged lady : a novel. Ill. by A.I. Keller" . "Ragged Lady" . . . "The Ragged Lady"@en . . . "Ragged Lady. A novel. ... Illustrated by A.I. Keller"@en . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . . . . "Venice (Italy)" . . "Harper & Brothers." . .