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THE RISE OF SILAS LAPHAM IBD

WILDSIDE PRESS
05 / 2008
9781434471512
Anglès

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The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells. The story follows 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 daughter&rsquo,s marriage into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas&rsquo,s morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers.

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