Bibliograph

The Gilded Age, a tale of today, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner ; edited with an introduction and notes by Louis J. Budd

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Label

The Gilded Age, a tale of today, Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner ; edited with an introduction and notes by Louis J. Budd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xxxiv)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Gilded Age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46564971

Responsibility statement

Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner ; edited with an introduction and notes by Louis J. Budd

Series statement

Penguin classics

Sub title

a tale of today

Summary

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 peacetime optimism. 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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