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The Rise of Silas Lapham (Signet classics) (Reprint Edition) by William Dean Howells, Professor Harry T. Moore (Introduction) Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 1963 ISBN-10: 0-451-52496-9 / 0451524969 ISBN-13: 978-0-451-52496-6 / 9780451524966 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 a |