The Whole Family
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The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors is a collaborative novel told in twelve chapters, each by a different author. This unusual project was conceived by novelist William Dean Howells and carrie
First edition
William Dean Howells thought of the collaborative project in the spring of 1906.
Mary Wilkins Freeman's chapter on the "Old Maid Aunt" was controversial among her collaborators.
First page of the first chapter of The Whole Family as it appeared in Harper's Bazar, December 1907
Elizabeth Jordan
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Elizabeth Garver Jordan was an American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, now remembered primarily for having edited the first two novels of Sinclair Lewis, and for her relationship with Hen
The Whole Family
…a different author. This unusual project was conceived by novelist William Dean Howells and carried out under the direction of Harper's Bazaar editor Elizabeth Jordan, who (like Howells) also wrote one of the chapters. Howells's idea for the novel was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected…
Jordan in 1901