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The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells

Free public-domain ebook (Project Gutenberg #154)

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Subjects

  • Psychological fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • Boston (Mass.) -- Fiction
  • Rich people -- Fiction
  • Socialites -- Fiction
  • Businessmen -- Fiction

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