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The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham

William Dean Howells

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Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2008
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Ficción clásica
ISBN:
9781434471529

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William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. In 1904, he was one of the first seven chosen for membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters, of which he became president. 3

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