The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

William Dean Howells' richly humorous characterization of a self-made millionaire in Boston society provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age. After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm 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. As Kermit Vanderbilt points out in his introduction, the novel focuses on important themes in the American literary tradition: the efficacy of self-help and determination, the ambiguous benefits of social and economic progress, and the continual contradiction between urban and pastoral values.

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Country USA
Brand Penguin
Manufacturer Penguin Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber YES474859
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 1983-04-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780140390308

Country	USA
Brand	Penguin
Manufacturer	Penguin Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	YES474859
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	1983-04-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780140390308

The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

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