Corey family

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The Corey family is a prominent, old-money Boston Brahmin family featured in William Dean Howells’s novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," representing traditional New England aristocratic values.

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Corey family canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family
appearsIn The Rise of Silas Lapham
appearsInGenre realist novel
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWithAuthorMovement American realism
contrastedWith Lapham family
Silas Lapham
createdBy William Dean Howells
firstPublicationContext The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885)
hasCulturalBackground New England elite
linked to: New England Brahmin
hasFamilyMember Bromfield Corey
Mrs. Corey
Nanny Corey
Tom Corey
hasResidenceLocation Boston
hasSettingPeriod late 19th-century Boston
hasSocialClass Boston Brahmin
linked to: Boston Brahmins
hasThemeRelation class conflict
old money vs. new money
social mobility
hasWealthType old money
isDescribedAs aristocratic family
prominent Boston family
isPartOf American literary canon
linked to: American literature
narrativeFunction foil to Silas Lapham’s rise
represents traditional New England aristocratic values
symbolizes cultural refinement
established social hierarchy
social conservatism

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Silas Lapham associatedWithFamily Corey family
Tom Corey belongsToFamily Corey family