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William Dean Howells' masterpiece, 'The Rise of Silas Lapham,' is a thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of social mobility and morality in 19

In Howells' maybe the most famous novel, The Rise of Silas Lapham, the story follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing

William Dean Howells' richly humorous characterization of a self-made millionaire in Boston society provides a paradigm of American culture in the Gilded Age. A

No one can complain that in this story Mr. Howells has taken his type from the commonplace. It is a study of life in New York, and the author has brought togeth

Argues the renewed importance of Howells's novel for an understanding of literature as a social force as well as a literary form.