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William Crary Brownell

About the Author

William Crary Brownell (1851–1928) was an American journalist and literary critic. He worked for the New York World and The Nation and then became an editor at Charles Scribner’s Sons, where he edited a number of writers, including Edith Wharton. The author of several works of literary criticism, Brownell was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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