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William Dean Howells, an Uncommon card
William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters".
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 141
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 29,000
Power 141 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria, and the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Dean Howells article was read about 29,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get William Dean Howells
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Dean Howells (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Underwood & Underwood (Life time: n.d.), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

