The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman and the first to treat its theme with a realism that foreshadowed the work of modern writers. In his story of one of the millionaire industrialists who flourished in the post-Civil War years, William Dean Howells probes the moral and social conflicts that confront a self-made man trying to crash Boston’s old-guard aristocracy. Silas Lapham is a man of con...

By William Dean Howells
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Signet; Reissue edition (December 2, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451471458
ISBN-13: 978-0451471451
Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 1 x 6.8 inches
Amazon Rank: 1162397
Format: PDF ePub TXT book

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Having to read it in 1964 I had my doubts. But a book club assignment is serious to me.Really enjoyed it! Had a modern feel, with the idea of person whose hubris changes his life. And that of his family and others.I would recommend it. Well written,

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