The Gilded Age, Part 2.
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910
The Gilded Age, Part 2. - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today Release date is 2004-06-20
Produced by David Widger Produced by David Widger
"The Gilded Age, Part 2." by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. The story follows a poor rural family's attempts to sell their vast Tennessee landholdings, focusing on their adopted daughter Laura, who becomes a Washington lobbyist seeking congressional support. Meanwhile, two young men pursue land speculation fortunes. This collaboration between Twain and Warner satirizes the greed, political corruption, and social pretensions of post-Civil War America, giving an entire era its enduring name. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Satire Political fiction Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction Legislators -- Fiction Speculation -- Fiction Political corruption -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction
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The Gilded Age, Part 2. - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today Release date is 2004-06-20
Produced by David Widger Produced by David Widger
"The Gilded Age, Part 2." by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. The story follows a poor rural family's attempts to sell their vast Tennessee landholdings, focusing on their adopted daughter Laura, who becomes a Washington lobbyist seeking congressional support. Meanwhile, two young men pursue land speculation fortunes. This collaboration between Twain and Warner satirizes the greed, political corruption, and social pretensions of post-Civil War America, giving an entire era its enduring name. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Satire Political fiction Washington (D.C.) -- Fiction Legislators -- Fiction Speculation -- Fiction Political corruption -- Fiction Businessmen -- Fiction
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