The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, Louis J. Budd (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2001-09-01Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140439205ISBN-10:014043920XUPC:9780140439205Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, SatireSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCWR9Y7VG3
The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day
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,...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780140439205ISBN-10:014043920XUPC:9780140439205Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, SatireSize:7.60 x 5.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCWR9Y7VG3
Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Missouri, in 1835, and died at Redding, Connecticut in 1910. In his person and in his pursuits he was a man of extraordinary contrasts. Although he left school at twelve when his father died, he was eventually awarded honorary degrees from Yale University, the University of Missouri, and Oxford University. His career encompassed such varied...
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
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Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, Louis J. Budd (Introduction by)
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