The gilded age
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The gilded age
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The gilded age
Medium
electronic resource
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dictionaries
Summary
This 1873 novel satirizes the hypocrisy and greed of Reconstruction-era America. The title became synonymous with the era to later historians. The novel has two parallel stories. One, written by Twain, concerns the efforts of a poor Tennessee family to become rich through land speculation; the other, written by Warner, tells of the money-lusting scheme of two young men
Target audience
adult
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