The Coast Of Bohemia Dr Breens Practice Annie Kilburn Historical Novels The Pioneer Women Series

Download or read book The Coast of Bohemia, Dr. Breen's Practice & Annie Kilburn (Historical Novels - The Pioneer Women Series) written by William Dean Howells and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2016-01-02 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Coast of Bohemia, Dr. Breen's Practice & Annie Kilburn (Historical Novels - The Pioneer Women Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The novels in this volume give us insight into the status of a woman in the second half of the 19th century America. "Dr. Breen's Practice" is a novel about the rise of women into the medical field in the 19th century and the subsequent decision they had to make between the pursuit of a medical career and the temptation of marriage. "The Coast of Bohemia" and "Annie Kilburn" deals with the problem of labor and professions for women. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction.