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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
eBook (, Jan. 18, 2020)The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 26, 2018)The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows 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 into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas' morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Hardcover (Simon & Brown, Oct. 30, 2018)None
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Paperback (Simon & Brown, March 15, 2011)This novel chronicles the 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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1951 THE RISE of SILAS LAPHAM Hardcover Book by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
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(Generic, Jan. 1, 1951)None
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
eBook (, June 17, 2020)The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows 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 into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas' morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers.Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. The resolution of the love triangle of Irene Lapham, Tom Corey, and Penelope Lapham highlights Howells' rejection of the conventions of sentimental romantic novels as unrealistic and deceitful. An excerpt of the text was used in the 2019 AP English Literature and Composition Exam as a short answer question.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Paperback (Independently published, March 25, 2020)The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Mass Market Paperback (Signet / NAL, Jan. 1, 1963)an American Classic
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells, Harry Hayden Clark
Hardcover (The Modern Library, Jan. 1, 1951)None
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Hardcover (Konemann, June 1, 1998)The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Psychological; Fiction / Family Life; Literary Criticism / American / General;
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Paperback (Start Publishing LLC, May 30, 2017)The Rise of Silas Lapham is about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, and morals, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage to the aristocratic Corey family, and is successful. Silas's morality does not fail him. He loses his money but is able to make the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
William Dean Howells
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 30, 2008)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. 21st Century Wall Street frauds and thieves could learn much from the moral struggle expressed in this classic novel.