The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

About this book

"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. It follows a poor rural family's attempts to strike it rich by selling their vast Tennessee land, while their adopted daughter Laura becomes a Washington lobbyist seeking congressional support. Meanwhile, two young men pursue fortune through land speculation. The novel skewers the greed, materialism, and political corruption of post-Civil War America—so effectively that it named an entire era of American history.

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Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gilded_Age:_A_Tale_of_Today

Author
Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900
Reading level
A2 · Elementary
Language
English

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