The scene of the story is first laid in a country town in maine, where bartley hubbard, a vain, selfish, unprincipled young man, is editing the local paper. Later in the novel, as marcias party travels to indiana to contest bartleys divorce. A modern instance, by william dean howells project gutenberg. William dean howells wae born at martins ferry, ohio, on march 1, 1837.
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