Rise of Silas Lapham, The

By Howells, William Dean

Book Id: WPLBN0002951742
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Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	Rise of Silas Lapham, The
Author:	Howells, William Dean
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Rise of Silas Lapham, The
Historic Publication Date:	1885
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Dean Howells, B. W. (1885). Rise of Silas Lapham, The. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

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The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most widely read of W.D. Howells’ novels. An example of literary realism, the story is about a farmer (Silas Lapham) who launches a very successful paint business, and moves his family up the social ladder of Boston. Lapham, however, is not one of the new types of American businessman, the ruthless plutocrat, rather he is the old-fashioned trustworthy Yankee trader, and the story deals with how he fares in the industrial capitalist environment. It is also a novel of manners, telling the story of the courtship of a daughter, and the difficulties the family deals with in attempting to move from one social class to another. (Summary by Margaret Espaillat)

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