num_pages: 476
description: An intimate view of four friendships that helped define the course of American Melville &amp; Hawthorne, James &amp; Wharton, Porter &amp; Welty, Bishop &amp; Lowell.
language: English
title: A Common Life: Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence
titlecomplete: A Common Life: Four Generations of American Literary Friendship and Influence
genres: History, Nonfiction, Biography
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Univ Pr of New England