The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today
Humor & Satire

The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

by Mark Twain

"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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Originally issued 2004-06-21. Transcribed by Produced by David Widger. This work is in the public domain in the United States. Sourced from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3178).
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The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

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