Fennel and Rue

Fennel and Rue is a novel by American author William Dean Howells. It was first published in 1870 and tells the story of two young women, Fennel and Rue, who are friends and roommates in New York City. Fennel is a beautiful and ambitious actress, while Rue is a talented writer who struggles to find success in a male-dominated industry. The novel explores themes of love, friendship, ambition, and the challenges faced by women in the 19th century. As Fennel rises to fame on the stage, Rue finds herself drawn into a complicated love triangle with two men who both offer her different paths to success. Along the way, the two women navigate the complexities of their own friendship and the societal pressures that threaten to tear them apart. With its vivid portrayal of life in 19th century New York and its nuanced exploration of women's roles in society, Fennel and Rue remains a classic work of American literature.1908. Howells was an American realist author. He wrote for various magazines including Atlantic Monthly and Harper's Magazine. His career blossomed after the publication of his first realist novel, A Modern Instance. The book begins: The success of Verrian did not come early, and it did not come easily. He had been trying a long time to get his work into the best magazines, and when he had won the favor of his editors, whose interest he had perhaps had from the beginning, it might be said that they began to accept his work from their consciences, because in its way it was so good that they could not justly refuse it. The particular editor who took Verrian's serial, after it had come back to the author from the editors of the other leading periodicals, was in fact moved mainly by the belief that the story would please the better sort of his readers. These, if they were not so numerous as the worse, he felt had now and then the right to have the pleasure studied. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.