The Rise of Silas Lapham
Format: ebook
ISBN:
2940000756393 (0000756393)
Publish date: January 1st 2009
Publisher: B&R Samizdat Express
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Read For School,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
College,
19th Century
I can't really improve on the existing reviews, so I offer some memorable quotations from this novel."He was in love with his work, and he felt the enthusiasm for it which nothing but the work we can do well inspires in us.""But it is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shut...
This book is worth reading simply because of the structure -- it is perfectly symmetrical. there is an epiphany at the exact center and the opening and closing chapters are two different confessions -- one public, one private. It's an amazing work, though most people don't read it at this point.
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