The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells


Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars
3.38 · 16 ratings · 154 pages · Published: 1885

The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
William Dean Howell's richly humorous characterization of a self-made millionaire in Boston society provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age. After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston, where they awkwardly attempt to break into Brahmin society.

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