The Rise of Silas Lapham Paperback - 1983
by William Dean Howells; Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt
From the rear cover
Silas Lapham is a rough-hewn entrepreneur who has made his fortune in mineral paint. Socially ambitious for their daughters, Lapham and his wife encourage the suit of Tom Corey, son of an aristocratic Boston family, whose own parents are appalled by his consorting with vulgar upstarts. But which Lapham girl does Tom really love: the pretty blonde Irene or her bookish sister Penelope? As the romantic confusion is sorted out, Lapham suffers calamities that threaten both his financial and personal integrity. His rise is ultimately a moral one. The first major American novel to centre on a businessman, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) explores the capitalist ethos of the American Gilded Age. It is also a brilliant novel of manners that shows the comic confrontation of old wealth and new riches.
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- Title The Rise of Silas Lapham
- Author William Dean Howells; Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 1983-04-28
- Features Bibliography
- ISBN 9780140390308 / 0140390308
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.07 x 0.77 in (19.66 x 12.88 x 1.96 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Businessmen
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 82024038
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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