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The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

Twain, Mark

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ISBN10: 1162695692
ISBN13: 9781162695693
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.55
Height: 0.84 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The Gilded Age is a novel written by the celebrated American author Mark Twain and his collaborator Charles Dudley Warner. The book is set in the United States during the late 19th century, a period marked by rapid industrialization, urbanization, and technological advancement. The story revolves around two central characters, Colonel Sellers and Senator Dilworthy, who are both opportunistic and unscrupulous politicians seeking to exploit the economic and political climate of the era for their own gain. The novel explores themes of greed, corruption, and the clash between old and new values in American society. It satirizes the excesses of the wealthy elite and the political system that enables them to maintain their power and influence. The book also provides a window into the social and cultural mores of the time, including the rise of consumer culture, the emergence of new forms of entertainment, and the tensions between different ethnic and racial groups. Overall, The Gilded Age is a witty and incisive critique of American society during a pivotal period in its history. It remains a classic work of American literature and a testament to Twain's enduring legacy as a writer and social commentator.The elders of the party were not long in discovering the fact, which almost all travelers to the west soon find out; that the water was poor. It must have been by a lucky premonition of this that they all had brandy flasks with which to qualify the water of the country; and it was no doubt from an uneasy feeling of the danger of being poisoned that they kept experimenting, mixing a little of the dangerous and changing fluid, as they passed along.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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