The Rise of Silas Lapham

Name: The Rise of Silas Lapham
Author: William Dean Howells
ISBN: 0140390308

by William Dean Howells

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The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas' morality does not fail him.

First published 1885368 pages

428.6

Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 3
Editions known: 226

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 428.6813.4
Library of Congress (LCC): PZ0003.H84 Ri50PS2025 R5 1963PE1127.L6 H86 1973PZ0003.H84 Ri42

Subjects

American literatureBiographyBoston (mass.), fictionBusinessmenDomestic fictionFictionFiction, city lifeFiction, classicsFiction, coming of ageFiction, psychologicalFiction, sagasPsychological fiction

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ISBN 0140390308English

DATE DUE

First published1885

StatusREAD

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