The Rise of Silas Lapham - William Dean Howells - Books - Simon & Brown - 9781613820087 - March 15, 2011
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William Dean Howells
The Rise of Silas Lapham

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Howells' best-known work and a subtle classic of its time, The Rise of Silas Lapham is an elegant tale of Boston society and manners.

After establishing a fortune in the paint business, Silas Lapham moves his family from their Vermont farm to the city of Boston in order to improve his social position, the consequences of which are both humorous and tragic.

The novel focuses on important themes in the American literary tradition--the efficacy of self-help and determination, the ambiguous benefits of social and economic progress, and the continual contradiction between urban and pastoral values--and provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 15, 2011
ISBN13 9781613820087
Publishers Simon & Brown
Pages 286
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 16 mm   ·   468 g
Language English  

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