{"product_id":"the-whole-family","title":"The Whole Family","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOne of the most fascinating experiments in American literature resulted in \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Family. \u003c\/i\u003eThis unusual composite novel numbers among its twelve authors such luminaries as Henry James, William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.\u003cbr\u003eThe idea for this collaborative venture originated with Howells in 1906. Under the guidance of Elizabeth Jordan, the energetic editor of \u003ci\u003eHarper’s Bazar \u003c\/i\u003e(as it was then known), each of the authors was invited to write a successive chapter in a story Howells envisioned as a definitive depiction of American family life. But the original plan underwent a dramatic reversal with a controversial chapter by Freeman. From that point, \u003ci\u003eThe Whole Family\u003c\/i\u003e became a more involved story of family misunderstandings and rivalries that actually mirrored the rivalries of the contributors themselves. \u003cbr\u003eAlfred Bendixen’s lively introduction offers the first accurate and complete account of the creation of this remarkable novel—uncovering new facts and revealing the turmoil out of which it was shaped. June Howard’s foreword provides an additional contextual and critical perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Whole Family\u003c\/i\u003e will be enjoyed by admirers of American literature at the start of the twenty-first century as much as it was by those at the beginning of the twentieth. In addition to delightful plot twists and characters, it offers a remarkable view into the ways in which family life has—and has not—changed over the course of a century.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFull list of authors.\u003c\/i\u003e Mary R. Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Cutting, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse, Edith Wyatt \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Dean Howells and Others","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615759458684,"sku":"9780822328384","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_fa479bb5-37f0-4d73-b28f-bef62e93454e.jpg?v=1746711593","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-whole-family","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}