Settling with his wife in Charlesbridge, a thinly veiled Cambridge, Howells watches the life of the suburb: Mrs. Johnson, the cook who rules their kitchen, the tramps and peddlers at the door, a ride into Boston by horse-car, a modest day’s outing to the shore, and the Jubilee festivities of 1869. The pieces hover between essay and short story.
Early Howells finding his voice as the quiet observer of ordinary American life. Download the free EPUB.