An Open-Eyed Conspiracy (Unabridged)
A Saratoga Summer Idyl of Courtship, Gilded Age Manners, and Subtle Romantic EntanglementsBy William Dean Howells
Length4h 16m
About this audiobook
In *An Open-Eyed Conspiracy*, William Dean Howells presents a late work of social observation in which private relationships, inherited conventions, and reform-minded idealism intersect. Set against the cultivated settings and conversational society characteristic of Howells's fiction, the novel follows characters who attempt to confront social realities without surrendering themselves to romantic illusion or moral complacency. Its title captures the book's governing paradox: conspiracy here is not secretive intrigue alone, but a conscious, collective effort to recognize and negotiate the structures shaping ordinary life. Howells's restrained realism, ethical irony, and carefully modulated dialogue place the work within the tradition of American literary realism, while its emphasis on sympathy and social responsibility reveals the author's continuing engagement with modernity and reform. This unabridged edition preserves the full texture of his subtle narrative method. William Dean Howells (1837–1920), often called the dean of American letters, was a novelist, critic, editor, and influential advocate of realism. His long association with *The Atlantic Monthly* enabled him to shape literary taste in the United States, while friendships with Mark Twain and other writers deepened his commitment to a literature attentive to everyday experience. Howells's pacifism, democratic convictions, and concern with social inequality inform the novel's skepticism toward convention and its faith in humane understanding. Readers interested in American realism, the intellectual history of the Progressive Era, or the evolution of the social novel will find *An Open-Eyed Conspiracy* especially rewarding. It is an intellectually alert, morally nuanced work that invites reflection on how individuals can act responsibly within imperfect institutions. Those who value psychologically precise characterization, civilized satire, and fiction that joins aesthetic restraint to ethical inquiry will appreciate this complete edition.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length4 hrs 16 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 2, 2016
LanguageEnglish
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