The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Twain, Mark (1835–1910); Warner, Charles Dudley (1829–1900).
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"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. It follows a poor rural family's attempts to strike it rich by selling their vast Tennessee land, while their adopted daughter Laura becomes a Washington lobbyist seeking congressional support. Meanwhile, two young men pursue fortune through land speculation. The novel skewers the greed, materialism, and political corruption of post-Civil War America—so effectively that it named an entire era of American history.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
- Author credits: Twain, Mark (1835–1910); Warner, Charles Dudley (1829–1900)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Businessmen -- Fiction
- Legislators -- Fiction
- Political corruption -- Fiction
- Political fiction
- Satire
- Speculation -- Fiction
- Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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