A Hazard of New Fortunes

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A Hazard of New Fortunes is an 1890 realist novel by William Dean Howells that portrays the social, economic, and cultural tensions of Gilded Age New York City through the experiences of a literary magazine’s staff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
realist novel
addresses ethnic and cultural pluralism
speculative capitalism
author William Dean Howells
character Basil March
Berthold Lindau
Orvil E. Dryfoos
surface form: Conrad Dryfoos

F. M. Fulkerson
Isabel March
Jacob Dryfoos
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts class conflict
immigrant life in New York
labor unrest in New York City
firstPublicationFormat serial publication
focusesOn staff of a literary magazine
genre city novel
political novel
social novel
hasAdaptation stage adaptation
hasSubject magazine publishing industry
social reform ideas
urban modernization
laterPublicationFormat book form
literaryMovement Realism
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
mainTheme cultural diversity in the city
economic inequality
journalism and publishing
labor versus capital conflict
middle-class anxieties
social tensions in urban America
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor critique of capitalism
detailed portrayal of Gilded Age New York City
multi-perspective character ensemble
originalLanguage English
partOf American realist canon
placeOfFirstPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
protagonist Basil March
publicationYear 1890
publisherWithinStory Every Other Week
settingLocation New York City
settingPeriod Gilded Age
timeOfAction late 19th century
writtenBy William Dean Howells

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William Dean Howells notableWork A Hazard of New Fortunes
Basil March fictionalUniverse A Hazard of New Fortunes
Basil March appearsIn A Hazard of New Fortunes
F. M. Fulkerson appearsIn A Hazard of New Fortunes
Isabel March fictionalUniverse A Hazard of New Fortunes
Isabel March appearsIn A Hazard of New Fortunes
Isabel March firstAppearance A Hazard of New Fortunes
Berthold Lindau appearsInWork A Hazard of New Fortunes
Berthold Lindau firstPublicationContext A Hazard of New Fortunes
this entity surface form: A Hazard of New Fortunes (serialized 1889–1890)
Jacob Dryfoos fictionalUniverse A Hazard of New Fortunes
Jacob Dryfoos appearsIn A Hazard of New Fortunes