A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-10-23 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #3367 |
Description
"A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2" by William Dean Howells is a novel published in 1889. Basil March relocates from Boston to New York to help launch a literary magazine, but soon finds himself caught between conflicting ideologies. The magazine's staff includes a wealthy capitalist backer, a socialist Civil War veteran, and a pro-slavery Southern colonel. As tensions escalate over workers' rights and class divisions, a streetcar strike erupts into violence, forcing March and others to confront the deadly consequences of their beliefs. (This is an automatically generated summary.)