{"product_id":"rise-of-silas-lapham","title":"Rise of Silas Lapham","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eRise of Silas Lapham\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Dean Howells\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0451524969\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSignet Classics\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1963\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e(reprint of 1887 edition)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eSilas Lapham is a rough-hewn entrepreneur who has made his fortune in mineral paint. Socially ambitious for their daughters, Lapham and his wife encourage the suit of Tom Corey, son of an aristocratic Boston family, whose own parents are appalled by his consorting with vulgar upstarts. But which Lapham girl does Tom really love: the pretty blonde Irene or her bookish sister Penelope? As the romantic confusion is sorted out, Lapham suffers calamities that threaten both his financial and personal integrity. His rise is ultimately a moral one. The first major American novel to centre on a businessman, The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) explores the capitalist ethos of the American Gilded Age. It is also a brilliant novel of manners that shows the comic confrontation of old wealth and new riches.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Signet Classics","offers":[{"title":"Rise of Silas Lapham | William Dean Howells | Book | 0451524969 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1402818","offer_id":48753912676504,"sku":"1402818","price":4.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51PET3W2S4L.jpg?v=1774067546","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/rise-of-silas-lapham","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}