The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.
by Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner
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About This Item
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1878. The Gilded Age, a period of gross materialism and blatant political corruption in US history during the 1870s, gave rise to important novels of social and political criticism. The period takes its name from the earliest of these, The Gilded Age, written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The novel gives a vivid and accurate description of Washington, DC and is peoples with caricatures of many leading figures of the day, including greedy industrialists and corrupt politicians" (Britannica).
Synopsis
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today was written by Mark Twain and Charles Warner in 1873. This novel by is the only one that Twain wrote a collaborator. This novel focuses on the corruption and big business ventures of post-Civil War America. A biting satire, this novel gave the era it's name in history: The Gilded Age.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127448
- Title
- The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day.
- Author
- Twain, Mark [Samuel Clemens] and Charles Dudley Warner
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Mark Twain First Edition, The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day First Edition
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