The Gilded Age, Part 1. by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
"The Gilded Age, Part 1." by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. It follows a rural family's desperate attempts to strike it rich by selling their vast Tennessee landholdings in post-Civil War America. Their adopted daughter Laura becomes a Washington lobbyist, navigating a world of corrupt politicians and social climbers. Meanwhile, two young men pursue their own fortunes through land speculation. The novel satirizes the
greed, materialism, and political corruption that would define an entire era of American history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 |
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| Author | Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900 |
| Title | The Gilded Age, Part 1. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 76.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Legislators -- Fiction |
| Subject | Speculation -- Fiction |
| Subject | Political corruption -- Fiction |
| Subject | Businessmen -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 5818 |
| Release Date | Jun 20, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 29, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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