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A Hazard of New Fortunes (Penguin Classics) (Updated Edition) by William Dean Howells, Phillip (Introduction By) Lopate, Benjamin Demott (Afterword) Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-14-043923-4 / 0140439234 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-043923-6 / 9780140439236 Set against a vividly depicted background of fin de siécle New York, this novel centers on the conflict between a self-made millionaire and a fervent social revolutionary-a conflict in which a man of goodwill futilely attempts to act as a mediator, only to be forced himself into a crisis of conscien |