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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication.
- Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- 1873
Sep 1, 2001 · With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels.
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Jul 12, 2009 · First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America - an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peace-time optimism.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) is a novel Mark Twain co-wrote with Charles Dudley Warner. The title came to define the period in American history occurring "from about the 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction Era and the Progressive Era."
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The Gilded age. A period right after the civil war when people believed in the American Dream and the ability to bypass hard work and get rich quick. Mark Twin creates characters whose lives are consumed with pursuing these lucrative schemes. Who will succeed? Who will fail? How will they impact each others' efforts?
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- Mark Twain
Jun 21, 2004 · The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Nov 20, 2019 · 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today' by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satire on greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America, which gave the era its name. It tells the story of a rural family's attempts to sell their acquired land and the adventures of their adopted daughter Laura, who becomes a lobbyist in Washington, D.C.
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- Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
