The novel begins with an interview by one of the author's recurring characters, the journalist Bartley Hubbard, who writes a piece about a self-made millionaire from Vermont who deals in paint.
The title character of this novel is addressed as Colonel throughout the book, and feels guilt for an event that took place during the Civil War but threatens to ruin him by the end of the novel. The novel begins with an interview by one of the author's recurring characters, the journalist Bartley Hubbard, who writes a piece about a self-made millionaire from Vermont who deals in paint. When he finds out that a local Bostonian dilettante, Tom Corey, has fallen in love with one of his daughters he decides to build a new house on Beacon Hill. FTP identify this 1885 novel about a man who loses all his wealth but regains his soul, written by William Dean Howells.
The title character of this novel is addressed as Colonel throughout the book, and feels guilt for an event that took place during the Civil War but threatens to ruin him by the end of the novel.
The Rise of Silas Lapham