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Henry Kitchell Webster’s Life-Loving, Pro-Business Fiction
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Henry Kitchell Webster’s Life-Loving, Pro-Business Fiction

By Dianne Durante

Dec 22, 2021
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A few years ago, I stumbled across a trove of fiction that helps sate my periodic craving for books both entertaining and relaxing: the works of Henry Kitchell Webster (1875–1932). Webster’s fiction has charming, intelligent characters who pursue their goals in unusual ways. The resolutions of his novels, short stories, and plays are unpredictable, exce…

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