In the canon
A Hazard of New Fortunes
William Dean Howells
- Form
- Form Novel
- Year
- Year 1890
- Pages
- Pages 550
For a good stretch at the start, nothing happens but a couple looking for somewhere to live: Basil March and his wife climbing the stairs of one New York flat after another, weighing light against draught, janitor against rent, learning how a city prices a life. It is funnier and more exact than that sounds, and it is the trap.
The life of Christ, it wasn't only in healing the sick and going about to do good; it was suffering for the sins of others.
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