The Rise of Silas Lapham: Boston Society and the Paint Trade
Jul 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A self-made paint millionaire from Vermont builds a house on the water side of Beacon Street and discovers that Boston's old families will accept his money and not his daughters. Howells edited The Atlantic and was the most powerful literary man in America; he made his hero's crisis a matter of business ethics rather than romance, which few novelists had thought to do. Fifty-three plates, from Munch's Despair to Winslow Homer's Village by the Sea, give the novel's Boston its wider weather of water, shore, and village life.
A self-made paint millionaire from Vermont builds a house on the water side of Beacon Street and discovers that Boston's old families will accept his money and not his daughters. Howells edited The Atlantic and was the most powerful literary man in America; he made his hero's crisis a matter of b...
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William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and editor. He edited The Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and advocated for literary realism. His works include the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham, Indian Summer, and The Kentons, as well as the critical study Criticism and Fiction.
William Dean Howells (1837–1920) was an American novelist, literary critic, and editor. He edited The Atlantic Monthly from 1871 to 1881 and advocated for literary realism. His works include the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham, Indian Summer, and The Kentons, as well as the critical study Critici...
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