The Gilded Age
- ISBN-10
- 1512186198
- ISBN-13
- 9781512186192
- Series
- The Gilded Age
- Category
- Businessmen
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-05-13
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Mark Twain
Description
Twain satirizes greed and political corruption in post Civil War America in an era known as 'The Gilded Age'. After its publication, the title quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism and corruption on public l ife. He presents the story of an ideal society--for which the author had difficulty finding illustrative examples. In his state, there is no fever of speculation, no inflamed desire for sudden wealth, the poor are all simple-minded and content, the rich all honest and generous, politics is in the hands of those capable, honest and patriotic--so one can see why 'illustrative examples' would be hard to come by. -- website.
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- 2018-06-21
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