"The History of the Game. A Novel" is an exciting book by the famous American writer William Dean Howells. In this work, the author tells the story of the formation and search of his own path of a young talented playwright. He shares with the readers his own impressions of the process of creating a play, revealing to them the world of theater from the inside. The book "History of the game. The novel" is an interesting combination of literary prose and dramaturgy analysis, which will not leave fans of theater and literary creativity indifferent.