The Rise of Silas Lapham
Socialites
FICTION / Classics
Boston (mass.), fiction
Rich people
Fiction, coming of age
Fiction, sagas
Businessmen
Psychological fiction
United states, fiction
Domestic fiction
Fiction, psychological
American literature
Biography
Fiction
The Rise of Silas Lapham is a novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughte…
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