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Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham is the most widely read of W.D. Howells’ novels. An example of literary realism, the story is about a farmer (Silas Lapham) who launches a very successful paint business, and moves his family up the social ladder of Boston. Lapham, however, is not one of the new types of American businessman, the ruthless plutocrat, rather he is the old-fashioned trustworthy Yankee trader, and the story deals with how he fares in the industrial capitalist environment. It is also a novel of manners, telling the story of the courtship of a daughter, and the difficulties the family deals with in attempting to move from one social class to another. (Summary by Margaret Espaillat)

Year of Publication: 1885Genres: General Fiction

Running Time: 12 hours 35 minutes 38 seconds(27 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: BumbleVee, Margaret Espaillat

#	Chapter Name
	Chapter 1 BumbleVee	42:52
	Chapter 2 BumbleVee	30:32
	Chapter 3 BumbleVee	19:32
	Chapter 4 BumbleVee	27:19
	Chapter 5 BumbleVee	21:17
	Chapter 6 BumbleVee	24:18
	Chapter 7 BumbleVee	18:04
	Chapter 8 BumbleVee	30:22
	Chapter 9 BumbleVee	36:56
	Chapter 10 BumbleVee	23:08
	Chapter 11 BumbleVee	36:49
	Chapter 12 BumbleVee	34:08
	Chapter 13 BumbleVee	31:17
	Chapter 14 BumbleVee	43:59
	Chapter 15 BumbleVee	9:28
	Chapter 16 BumbleVee	18:27
	Chapter 17 BumbleVee	19:35
	Chapter 18 BumbleVee	19:05
	Chapter 19 BumbleVee	29:59
	Chapter 20 BumbleVee	25:40
	Chapter 21 BumbleVee	17:52
	Chapter 22 BumbleVee	10:17
	Chapter 23 Margaret Espaillat	31:12
	Chapter 24 Margaret Espaillat	34:50
	Chapter 25 Margaret Espaillat	41:19
	Chapter 26 Margaret Espaillat	32:43
	Chapter 27 Margaret Espaillat	44:38