A Modern Instance - William Dean Howells 1881 Houghton Mifflin vintage HB noir Blurb: "The Roadmakers left only

Blurb: "The Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins

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A Modern Instance - William Dean Howells 1881 Houghton Mifflin vintage HB noir Blurb: "The Roadmakers left onlyCondition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. Red cloth with gilt lettering. See images for the condition of this book. 34th Impression Blurb: This realistic novel is about the deterioration of a once loving marriage under the influence of capitalistic greed. It is the first American novel by a canonical author to seriously consider divorce as a realistic outcome of marriage.