[PDF.64vf] The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

[PDF.lm96] The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)

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 | #269942 in Books |  Penguin Classics |  1983-04-28 |  1983-04-28 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.73 x.70 x5.09l,.60 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| American CLassic|By Saul|This is an American classic about a businessman. Howells is considered a realist writer, but you have to wonder how realistically Howells portrays the business ethics of his times. He treats as shameful an act that I think anyone would consider honorable today. Indeed, I can't imagine how it could ever have been considered dishonorable. Howells was|From the Back Cover|Silas Lapham is a rough-hewn entrepreneur who has made his fortune in mineral paint. Socially ambitious for their daughters, Lapham and his wife encourage the suit of Tom Corey, son of an aristocratic Boston family, whose own parents are appa

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 awkwardly attempt to break into Brahmin society. Silas, greedy for wealth as well as prestige, brings his company to the brink of bankruptcy, and the family is forced to return...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics)   |  William Dean Howells.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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