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The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors

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Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 7 hours and 32 minutes

Language: English

A 1908 NaNoWriMo forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became somewhat curious for the way the authors' contentious interrelationships mirrored the sometimes dysfunctional family they described in their chapters. The collaboration may have been an uncomfortable one, but a final product did emerge with some clever and entertaining contributions from its often squabbling authors. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia and others by Annise)

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The Father, by William Dean Howells (Tom Lennon)
The Old-maid Aunt, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (MaryAnn)
The Grandmother, by Mary Heaton Vorse (Amy Gramour)
The Daughter-in-Law, by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting (Kalynda)
The School-Girl, by Elizabeth Jordan (Heather Lawrence)
The Son-in-Law, by John Kendrick Bangs (Sandra Estenson)
The Married Son, by Henry James (Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019))
The Married Daughter, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Elizabeth Klett)
The Mother, by Edith Wyatt (TriciaG)
The School-Boy, by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (David Stryker)
Peggy, by Alice Brown (Vsilverlining)
The Friend of the Family, by Henry van Dyke (David Leeson)
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