The Common Lot

Robert Herrick (1868-1938) was a distinguished American novelist and lecturer with a keen eye for the nuances of social concerns and the intricacies of personal relationships. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Herrick would come to be known as a prominent figure in the literary realism movement of the early 20th century. Herrick's 'The Common Lot' (1904), a novel set amidst the turn-of-the-century...