# Penelope Lapham — The Rise of Silas Lapham character guide

> Penelope Lapham in The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Pen, Penelope

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

The witty, intelligent elder Lapham daughter who becomes entangled in a love triangle with Tom Corey.

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