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The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham
Author: William Dean Howells
First published in book form in 1885, William Dean Howells's timeless epic of a self-made man, The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman-and the first to treat its theme with a realism that was to foreshadow the work of modern writers.
ISBN-13: 9780451528223
ISBN-10: 0451528220
Publication Date: 3/1/2002
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Signet Classics
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This book approaches the rise and fall of a man in an era where money and a good family name mean everything. A very good coming of age novel.


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