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The Rise of Silas Lapham

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Based on 544 Ratings and 61 Reviews

Book Description
A major American novel centring on a business man, "The Rise of Silas Lapham" (1885), explores the capitalist ethos of the American Gilded Age. It is also a novel of manners that shows the comic confrontation of old wealth and new riches. This edition, reprints the text, and offers the full explanatory notes.
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingPaperback (176 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages448
ISBN-100192823558
ISBN-13978-0192823557
Publication Date12/12/1996
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About William Dean Howells (Author) : William Dean Howells is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of William Dean Howells include The Rise of Silas Lapham (Unabridged), The Children's Plutarch: Tales Of T... more
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About John W. Crowley (Editor) : John W. Crowley is a published editor. A published credit of John W. Crowley is The Rise of Silas Lapham (Oxford World's Classics).
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