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The Rise of Silas Lapham Penguin Classics
by [Howells, William Dean]
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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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- Penguin Publishing Group Brand
- Apr 28, 1983 Pub Date:
- 9780140390308 ISBN-13:
- 0140390308 ISBN-10:
- 400.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 7.76 in * 5.08 in * 0.82 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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