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The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics) by William Dean Howells, Kermit (Introduction By) Vanderbilt Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1983 ISBN-10: 0-14-039030-8 / 0140390308 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-039030-8 / 9780140390308 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 |