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The Rise of Silas Lapham
by William Dean Howells
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- 1983
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- 368 PAGES
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A classic novel of the Gilded Age, where wealth and the Boston aristocracy collide as entrepreneur Silas Lapham attempts to translate his riches into social status by marrying off his daughters. Howells, a realist, explores the relationship between morality and money as Lapham can only find moral renewal through bankruptcy. Originally published in 1885.
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