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William Dean Howells

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Venetian Life in Two Volumes

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Years of my youth

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Annie Kilburn

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A Sleep and A Forgetting (The Art of the Novella)

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Christmas every day

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Fennel and rue

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Roman Holidays and Others

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The Leatherwood God

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The whole family; a novel by twelve authors

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The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham is a realist novel by William Dean Howells published in 1885. The story follows the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his …