A self-made Boston paint manufacturer faces financial ruin and the social snobbery of the Brahmin elite while striving to hold on to his moral integrity.
Books mentioned in The Rise of Silas Lapham (6)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare: “I used to be perfectly crazy about his plays. Don't you think 'Hamlet' is splendid?”
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare: “I always thought there was nothing but 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' and 'Richard III.”
Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “I always thought there was nothing but 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' and 'Richard III.”
Richard III by William Shakespeare: “I always thought there was nothing but 'Hamlet' and 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Macbeth' and 'Richard III.”
King Lear by William Shakespeare: “… and 'King Lear,' and that one that Robeson and Crane have--oh yes!”
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare: “… and 'King Lear,' and that one that Robeson and Crane have--oh yes! 'Comedy of Errors.”
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The Virginian by Owen Wister: “SILAS LAPHAM is a novel as perfectly historical as is Hugh Wynne.”