num_pages: 368
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Rise of Silas Lapham
titlecomplete: The Rise of Silas Lapham
characters: Penelope Lapham, Bromfield Corey, Mr. Sewell, Mrs. Lapham, Irene Lapham, Tom Corey, Silas Lapham
genres: Literature, American, Classics, School, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Fiction, College, Read For School
ratings_count: 4005
places: Vermont, Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
publisher: Penguin