
The Gilded Age
A Tale of Today
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 22. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-14-043920-5 (ISBN)
Description
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 peace-time 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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
538 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-043920-5 (9780140439205)
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09/2001
Penguin Classics
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Previous edition
Rudolf Steiner | Charles Dudley Warner | Mark Twain
Twain M. & Warner : Gilded Age
Book
11/1985
Penguin Books Ltd
€24.59
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Persons
Mark Twain (1835-1910), satirist, novelist and keen observer of the American scene, is one of America's best-loved writers. Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was the author of many essays, including the collection My Summer Garden (1871). Louis J Budd is James B. Duke Professor of English (emeritus) at Duke University and founding president of the Mark Twain Circle of America. He has written several studies of Mark Twain and American literature.