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Book The Gilded Age

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Writings Of Mark Twain

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  • Author : Mark Twain
  • Publisher : Wentworth Press
  • Release : 2019-04-04
  • ISBN : 9781012276874
  • Pages : 376 pages

Download or read book The Writings Of Mark Twain written by Mark Twain and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Our Italy

Download or read book Our Italy written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Famed essayist and journalist Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900) was the editor of the Hartford, Connecticut, Courant and a contributing editor to Harper's Magazine. Our Italy (1891) is Warner's account of a trip he made to Southern California in 1890. He describes conditions after the collapse of the 1886-1887 real estate boom and dubs the state south of the Sierra Madres "our Italy." He focuses on the region's economic future: its promise as a healthy, productive residence, agricultural developments (particularly the citrus industry), climate and industry. He devotes less attention to beauty spots and tourist attractions, but he does discuss the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Monterey.

Book The Gilded Age

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  • Author : Charles Warner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-07-03
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 584 pages

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Charles Warner and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America in the era now referred to as the Gilded Age. "It is a time when one's spirit is subdued and sad, one knows not why; when the past seems a storm-swept desolation, life a vanity and a burden, and the future but a way to death. It is a time when one is filled with vague longings; when one dreams of flight to peaceful islands in the remote solitudes of the sea, or folds his hands and says, What is the use of struggling, and toiling and worrying any more? let us give it all up." - Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner, The Gilded AgeIn post-Civil War America, everyone wants to get rich. Si Hawkins, a member of a poor Tennessee family wants to sell some land at the right price. However, the price is never right so Si Hawkins dies. His daughter, Laura leaves her home for Washington D.C. where she tries to learn the politician's wicked schemes. Please provide your review after purchase for our future enhancements.

Book The gilded age  with Charles Dudley Warner

Download or read book The gilded age with Charles Dudley Warner written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gilded Age

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  • Author : Mark Twain
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-11-06
  • ISBN : 9781539945147
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-11-06 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America in the era now referred to as the Gilded Age. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than one hundred editions since its original publication. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. The book is remarkable for two reasons--it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life.*plot*The term gilded age, commonly given to the era, comes from the title of this book. Twain and Warner got the name from Shakespeare's King John (1595): "To gild refined gold, to paint the lily... is wasteful and ridiculous excess."[citation needed] Gilding gold, which would be to put gold on top of gold, is excessive and wasteful, characteristics of the age Twain and Warner wrote about in their novel. Another interpretation of the title, of course, is the contrast between an ideal "Golden Age," and a less worthy "Gilded Age," as gilding is only a thin layer of gold over baser metal, so the title now takes on a pejorative meaning as to the novel's time, events and people. The novel concerns the efforts of a poor rural Tennessee family to become affluent by selling the 75,000 acres (300 km2) of unimproved land acquired by their patriarch, Silas "Si" Hawkins, in a timely manner. After several adventures in Tennessee, the family fails to sell the land and Si Hawkins dies. The rest of the Hawkins story line focuses on their beautiful adopted daughter, Laura. In the early 1870s, she travels to Washington, D.C. to become a lobbyist. With a Senator's help, she enters Society and attempts to persuade Congressmen to require the federal government to purchase the land. A parallel story written by Warner concerns two young upperclass men, Philip Sterling and Henry Brierly, who seek their fortunes in land in a novel way. They make a journey with a group intent on surveying land in Tennessee in order to acquire it for speculation. Philip is good-natured but plodding. He is in love with Ruth Bolton, an aspiring physician and feminist. Henry is a born salesman, charming but superficial.... Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 - October 20, 1900) was an American essayist, novelist, and friend of Mark Twain, with whom he co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today... Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "The Great American Novel." Twain was raised in Hannibal, Missouri, which later provided the setting for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. After an apprenticeship with a printer, Twain worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to the newspaper of his older brother, Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River before heading west to join Orion in Nevada. He referred humorously to his lack of success at mining, turning to journalism for the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise.In 1865, his humorous story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was published, based on a story he heard at Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, where he had spent some time as a miner. The short story brought international attention, and was even translated into classic Greek.[4] His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.Though Twain earned a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he invested in ventures that lost a great deal of money, notably the Paige ...

Book The Gilded Age

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satirizes the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War.

Book The Gilded Age

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  • Author : Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2024-07-30
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is a novel written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, first published in 1873. It's set in the post-Civil War era in the United States and offers a satirical depiction of American society during the period known as the Gilded Age, a time of rapid economic growth and industrialization coupled with widespread corruption and inequality. The novel follows the lives of various characters, including the Hawkins family, who move from rural Tennessee to Washington, D.C., in search of wealth and social advancement. Along the way, they encounter a cast of politicians, businessmen, and social climbers, each pursuing their own ambitions and navigating the complexities of American politics and society. Through its portrayal of greed, corruption, and the pursuit of wealth, "The Gilded Age" offers a scathing critique of the excesses and moral decay of the era. The term "gilded age" itself refers to the superficial glitter of wealth and prosperity that concealed underlying social problems and inequalities. While Twain and Warner collaborated on the novel, it's often considered more of Warner's work, as he was primarily responsible for the writing, with Twain providing input and revisions. Nevertheless, "The Gilded Age" remains an important and influential work, offering valuable insights into the social, political, and economic landscape of post-Civil War America

Book The Writings of Mark Twain  Pseud

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  • Author : Charles Dudley Warner
  • Publisher : Legare Street Press
  • Release : 2023-07-18
  • ISBN : 9781021062109
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Writings of Mark Twain Pseud written by Charles Dudley Warner and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner's satirical novel explores the greed, corruption, and absurdity of American politics and society during the Gilded Age. Follow the lives of two young men, one born into wealth and luxury and the other into poverty and obscurity, as they navigate the treacherous waters of politics and love. With its witty prose and biting commentary on the American Dream, The Gilded Age is a must-read for fans of Mark Twain's humor and social criticism. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Gilded Age

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  • Author : Mark Twain
  • Publisher : Prince Classics
  • Release : 2020-04-28
  • ISBN : 9789389682113
  • Pages : 300 pages

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and published by Prince Classics. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than 100 editions since its original publication.

Book The Gilded Age  a Tale of Today  by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

Download or read book The Gilded Age a Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner written by Samuel Langhorne Clemens and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gilded Age

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  • Author : Mark Twain
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2018-02-23
  • ISBN : 9781985816107
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is a novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner first published in 1873. It satirizes greed and political corruption in post-Civil War America in the era now referred to as the Gilded Age. Although not one of Twain's best-known works, it has appeared in more than one hundred editions since its original publication. Twain and Warner originally had planned to issue the novel with illustrations by Thomas Nast. The book is remarkable for two reasons--it is the only novel Twain wrote with a collaborator, and its title very quickly became synonymous with graft, materialism, and corruption in public life.Charles Dudley Warner, a writer and editor, was a neighbor and good friend of Mark Twain in Hartford, Connecticut. According to Twain's biographer, Albert Bigelow Paine, their wives challenged Twain and Warner at dinner to write a better novel than what they were used to reading. Twain wrote the first eleven chapters, followed by twelve chapters written by Warner. Most of the remaining chapters were also written by only one of them, but the concluding chapters were attributed to joint authorship. The entire novel was completed between February and April 1873