Rise of Silas Lapham

The classic novel about an ordinary man’s ascent into wealthy Boston circles, and its effect on him and his family.

Thanks to hard work and good fortune, Silas Lapham succeeds financially in the paint business. But money and class are not the same thing, and the Laphams struggle to feel they truly fit in amid New England’s social aristocracy.

When they move into a luxurious home in the elite Back B...