The Story of a Country Town
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The Story of A Country Town is a novel by E. W. Howe
, published in 1883. It was an immediate success, going through many printings, and reviewed favorably by Mark Twain
and William Dean Howells
. The action of the novel was placed in Twin Mounds, a fictional city in the American Midwest.
E. W. Howe
Edgar Watson Howe , sometimes referred to as E. W. Howe, was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was perhaps best known for his magazine, E.W...
, published in 1883. It was an immediate success, going through many printings, and reviewed favorably by Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...
and William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day" and the novel The Rise of...
. The action of the novel was placed in Twin Mounds, a fictional city in the American Midwest.