How does William Howell portray the middle class in The Rise of Silas Lapham?
William Howell's The Rise of Silas Lapham is a comic-serious portrayal of another country bumpkin turned city capitalist (this one is a little more searching and sympathetic than dryfoos) the majority of the story involves the melodramatic courtship of the novel's younger characters. guess he had to sell books or something. the romances of young mr. corey and penelope and irene prove dull and distracting, but i don't doubt that that was the standard fare of the time. howells portrayal of lapham proves a little belittling and patronizing...more
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