The protagonist comically wants to use black walnut to finish every room in his dream house, which he accidentally burns down when he forgets to put out the fireplace.
In this novel "Moll" Millon is widowed when her husband is shot with a bullet intended for the main character, who later hires her daughter Zerilla Dewey. The protagonist comically wants to use black walnut to finish every room in his dream house, which he accidentally burns down when he forgets to put out the fireplace. Persis asks Minister Sewell for advice about her daughter Irene's romantic problems and the title character refuses to sell the worthless mills he was tricked into buying by his old partner Milton Rogers. At the end of this novel Tom Corey marries Penelope after the title character's Boston paint company goes bankrupt. For 10 points, name this novel about a paint manufacturer, by William Dean Howells.
In this novel "Moll" Millon is widowed when her husband is shot with a bullet intended for the main character, who later hires her daughter Zerilla Dewey.
The Rise of Silas Lapham