# Tom Corey — The Rise of Silas Lapham character guide

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

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** young Corey, Corey, Tom

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A gentleman's son who defies his class to work for Silas Lapham and falls in love with Penelope.

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