The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells

The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells

320 pages first pub 1885 (editions)

fiction classics challenging informative slow-paced
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The novel begins with Silas Lapham, a middle-aged native of rural New England, being interviewed for a newspaper story about his rise to wealth in the mineral paint business. Despite his limited education, Lapham is a shrewd and hardworking man, a...

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