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The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells, Louis Auchincloss (Introduction) Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-451-52822-0 / 0451528220 ISBN-13: 978-0-451-52822-3 / 9780451528223 “Let fiction cease to lie about life; let it portray men and women as they are, actuated by the motives and the passions in the measure we all know.”—William Dean HowellsThe Rise of Silas Lapham, first published in book form in 1885, was the first important novel to center on the American businessma |