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Novel 346: Charlotte Dunning Wood, A Step Aside (1886)

January 3, 2026 David Bywaters

Robert Henri, Snow in New York


In New York City, the relationship of a poor teacher and an ambitious young clerk is troubled by poverty.


For Wood, see Novel 287.

The hero is “described with much genuine feeling”; the heroine is “a sweet and natural character”; the author “does not attempt to excite her readers, but she both interests them and touches their hearts.” Athenaeum, October 9, 1886

Dunning “contrives to tell a very unobtrusive story with interest and charm, and lets her characters display themselves.” Saturday Review, November 13, 1886

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