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The Rise of Silas Lapham
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William Dean Howells's realist novel follows Silas Lapham, a self-made New England businessman whose growing wealth brings him into conflict with Boston's established society and tests his moral character. Readers interested in nineteenth-century American literature and studies of class and ethics will find it valuable.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, playwright, and diplomat, 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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