Cliffsnotes Rise of Silas Lapham

By William Dean Howells

Subjects: Howells, william dean, 1837-1920, Nonfiction, Literary Criticism, Literature, history and criticism

Description: A greedy, unscrupulous man loses his business and lover. In his humility he begins to think of others and makes not a material, but spiritual and ethical rise. This is a book of tragicomedy, romanticism, realism, society and art, as well as a study of American culture.