Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics) by William Dean Howells colorado river California Readers 2011 Book Collections

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Rise of Silas Lapham (Penguin Classics) by William Dean Howells colorado river California Readers 2011 Book CollectionsSilas 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