# The Rise of Silas Lapham

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- Book: [The Rise of Silas Lapham](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/the-rise-of-silas-lapham) ([The Rise of Silas Lapham.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells/the-rise-of-silas-lapham.md))
- Authors: [William Dean Howells](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-dean-howells), [Louis Auchincloss](https://www.bookquiver.com/louis-auchincloss), [Jason Courtmanche](https://www.bookquiver.com/jason-courtmanche), [Kermit Vanderbilt](https://www.bookquiver.com/kermit-vanderbilt)
- Publisher: Signet
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-06-9816-988-3
- Published: 2014-12-02
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The Rise of Silas Lapham was the first important novel to center on the American businessman and the first to treat its theme with a realism that foreshadowed the work of modern writers. In his story of...