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The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham

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Number of Chapters: 27

Length: 12 hours and 35 minutes

Language: English

The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most widely read of W.D. Howells’ novels. An example of literary realism, the story is about a farmer (Silas Lapham) who launches a very successful paint business, and moves his family up the social ladder of Boston. Lapham, however, is not one of the new types of American businessman, the ruthless plutocrat, rather he is the old-fashioned trustworthy Yankee trader, and the story deals with how he fares in the industrial capitalist environment. It is also a novel of manners, telling the story of the courtship of a daughter, and the difficulties the family deals with in attempting to move from one social class to another. (Summary by Margaret Espaillat)

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Chapter 1 (BumbleVee)
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Chapter 12 (BumbleVee)
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Chapter 14 (BumbleVee)
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Chapter 16 (BumbleVee)
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Chapter 18 (BumbleVee)
Chapter 19 (BumbleVee)
Chapter 20 (BumbleVee)
Chapter 21 (BumbleVee)
Chapter 22 (BumbleVee)
Chapter 23 (Margaret Espaillat)
Chapter 24 (Margaret Espaillat)
Chapter 25 (Margaret Espaillat)
Chapter 26 (Margaret Espaillat)
Chapter 27 (Margaret Espaillat)
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