{"source_records": ["amazon:0353120685", "amazon:0343000490", "amazon:3337215793", "amazon:3744746852", "amazon:1548458007", "amazon:1034647091", "bwb:9798763222333", "bwb:9780342942237", "bwb:9781376109122", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-03-17", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-06-10", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-01-06", "bwb:9798708354129", "bwb:9781020520044", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-09-14", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-08-26", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-08-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-04-06", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-01-26", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-10-07:T2-DWO-490", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-08-01:O9-AEU-521", "bwb:9781366498328", "bwb:9781470176983", "bwb:9781496161956", "bwb:9781503263062", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-11-24", "bwb:9781016313995", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-07-07:O8-CGE-063", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-06-19:P8-CEE-840", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2024-01-catchup:P8-BFV-918", "bwb:9781985852617", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-09-10", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-01-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-07-11:KQ-958-316", "bwb:9781985777118", "bwb:9781985744042", "bwb:9780253328007", "bwb:9781306349499", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-08-02:O9-ATX-303", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-06-06:O8-AMU-808", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-05-06", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-10-07", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-04-01", "bwb:9781782340416", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-11-25", "ia:bwb_C0-AMN-604", "ia:bwb_KU-788-898", "ia:bwb_S0-ATY-293", "ia:riseofsilaslapha030077mbp", "ia:riseofsilaslapha0000will_k7c7", "ia:boytowndescribed028622mbp"], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "95191935", "wikidata": "Q526709", "isni": "0000000122831540", "musicbrainz": "dc052b39-95f4-44e3-992a-54184b1fda9b", "goodreads": "90553", "imdb": "nm1563077", "lc_naf": "n80002569", "librivox": "425", "project_gutenberg": "97", "opac_sbn": "LO1V026132"}, "personal_name": "William Dean Howells", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "**William Dean Howells** (March 1, 1837 \u2013 May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed \"The Dean of American Letters\". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of *The Atlantic Monthly*, as well as for the novels *The Rise of Silas Lapham* and *A Traveler from Altruria*, and the Christmas story *Christmas Every Day*, which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name."}, "death_date": "11 May 1920", "birth_date": "1 March 1837", "alternate_names": ["William D. Howells", "Dean William Howells", "Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.", "William, Dean Howells", "William Dean, Howells", "William Dean 1837-1920 Howells", "William Dean  et al. Howells", "D. William Howells", "William D Howells", "William Dean Howells Howells", "W.D. Howells", "W., D. Howells", "W D. Howells", "W.D Howells", "W.D. HOWELLS", "D. W. Howells", "W .D. Howells", "W D Howells", "W. D. Howells", "William Dean William Dean Howells", "William Dean (1837-1920) Howells", "Howells. William Dean. 1837-1920.", "Howells William Dean", "William Dean WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS", "Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920", "Howells, William Dean", "William Dean (editor) Howells", "William dean Howells", "William Dean Howells William Dean Howells", "Howells, William D.", "Howells William D.", "Howells William D", "William D. William D. Howells", "W. D. (intro) Howells", "W. D Howells", "W. D. W.D. Howells", "W. D. W. D. Howells", "Willaim D. Howells", "WD HOWELLS", "Wd Howells", "w.d. howells", "william howells", "William Dead Howells", "Willam Dean Howells", "William Dean Howels", "william d. howells", "Dean Howells,William.", "william den howells"], "key": "/authors/OL23681A", "name": "William Dean Howells", "photos": [11664530], "latest_revision": 27, "revision": 27, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-11-16T20:38:18.121341"}}