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After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family to the city of Boston, where they awkwardly attempt to break into Brahmin society. Silas, greedy for wealth as well as prestige, brings his company to the brink of bankruptcy, and the family is forced to return to Vermont, financially ruined but morally renewed.
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The Rise of Silas Lapham, William Dean Howells
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- 1983
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- William Dean Howells
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 1983
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140390308
- ISBN13
- 9780140390308
- Series
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- 3.4 out of 5
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- After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family to the city of Boston, where they awkwardly attempt to break into Brahmin society. Silas, greedy for wealth as well as prestige, brings his company to the brink of bankruptcy, and the family is forced to return to Vermont, financially ruined but morally renewed.