The Rise of Silas Lapham · Character
Bromfield Corey
Tom's father: an urbane Boston aristocrat of inherited means and idle wit, who watches the Laphams' ascent with amusement, curiosity, and a flicker of conscience.
supporting
Also known as Phillips Corey, old Phillips Corey, the elder Corey
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Engages in a philosophical conversation with his son about social class, money, and Bostonian standards.
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Bromfield Corey lives on family money and cultivated leisure, a man whose chief occupation is observing the social comedy in which he no longer bothers to perform. He calls on Lapham out of courtesy and finds himself…
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