The Gilded Age, Part 7.: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
The Gilded Age, Part 7.: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Gilded Age, Part 7. is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Twain, Mark (1835–1910); Warner, Charles Dudley (1829–1900).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Gilded Age, Part 7" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. It exposes greed and corruption in post-Civil War America through intertwined stories of families chasing wealth through land speculation. A poor rural family attempts to sell their vast Tennessee acreage, while their adopted daughter Laura becomes a Washington lobbyist. Meanwhile, two young men pursue fortune through land surveying. The novel satirizes political corruption and social pretensions, ultimately giving an entire era its name.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Gilded Age, Part 7.
- 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
Gutenberg collections
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Novels
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