He wrote a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860 and received an appointment as a consul in Venice in 1861, which inspired his works Venetian Life and Italian Journey. He moved from comedies of manners to naturalistic novels of social conflict such as Through the Eye of the Needle, A Modern Instance, and A Hazard of New Fortunes. For 10 points—name this author, a longtime editor of the Atlantic Monthly who wrote The Rise 
He wrote a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860 and received an appointment as a consul in Venice in 1861, which inspired his works Venetian Life and Italian Journey. He moved from comedies of manners to naturalistic novels of social conflict such as Through the Eye of the Needle, A Modern Instance, and A Hazard of New Fortunes. For 10 points—name this author, a longtime editor of the Atlantic Monthly who wrote The Rise of Silas Lapham.
He wrote a campaign biography of Lincoln in 1860 and received an appointment as a consul in Venice in 1861, which inspired his works Venetian Life and Italian Journey.
William Dean {Howells}