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The William Dean Howells Library

The William Dean Howells Library

Di: William Dean Howells
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In these unabridged readings of William Dean Howells, the listener is invited into drawing rooms, countinghouses, city streets, and quiet chambers of conscience, where ordinary lives reveal their most extraordinary meanings. Here are stories of ambition, love, money, manners, and moral choice, told with wit, sympathy, and a clear eye for the truths people often hide from themselves. The William Dean Howells Library restores one of America’s great realist voices to the living ear.Public domain
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  • Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 6

    Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 6
    Sep 21 2026
    In which a young man named Corey returns from Texas and tentatively proposes to join Colonel Lapham’s mineral paint business, impressing the Colonel with his earnest belief and linguistic skills despite initial skepticism. They depart for a seaside cottage together, where the colonel’s fondness for his paint and the simplest pleasures of life unfold amid the gentle bustle of summer visitors and family concerns.
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    24 min
  • Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 4

    Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 4
    Sep 20 2026
    In which the steadfast bonds of the Lapham marriage are revealed through their quietly complicated shared history, marked by both partnership and unspoken grief, as they navigate the progress of building a new home together. The narrative gently unfolds a summer afternoon scene where Irene and Penelope encounter a returning young man named Corey, whose visit kindles reflections on family expectations, youthful aspirations, and the intimate, homespun charm of the Lapham household.
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    27 min
  • Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 2

    Rise of Silas Lapham Chapter 2
    Sep 19 2026
    In which the prosperous but socially inexperienced Lapham family contemplates their place in Boston society and the possibility of moving to a more fashionable neighbourhood, all against a backdrop of quiet domestic routines and nascent ambitions. Their simple contentment is tinged with newfound desires and subtle reflections on the challenges of fitting into a world that remains somewhat alien to them.
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    31 min
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