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The Rise of Silas Lapham is a novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage to the aristocratic Corey family.
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Classical in form, earnest, prestige and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- William Dean Howells
- First published
- 1884
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble, Incorporated, Blurb, David Douglas
- Editions
- 226
- Language
- English, Russian, vie, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781731482075
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“WHEN Bartley Hubbard went to interview Silas Lapham for the "Solid Men of Boston" series, which he undertook to finish up in The Events, after he replaced their original projector on that newspaper, Lapham received him in his private office by previous appointment.”
**William Dean Howells** (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of *The Atlantic Monthly*, as well as for the novels *The Rise of Silas Lapham* and *A Traveler from Altruria*, and the Christmas story *Christmas Every Day*, which was adapted into a 1996 film of the same name.
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