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Rise of Silas Lapham
Rise of Silas Lapham
Author: William D. Howells
William Dean Howells' 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....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780396050421
ISBN-10: 0396050425
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Publisher: Dodd Mead
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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