The Gilded Age, Part 3.
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2004-06-20 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #5820 |
Description
"The Gilded Age, Part 3." by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner is a satirical novel published in 1873. It follows a poor rural family's attempts to gain wealth by selling their vast land holdings, while their adopted daughter Laura becomes a Washington lobbyist seeking congressional support. A parallel story tracks two young men pursuing fortune through land speculation. The novel satirizes the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of post-Civil War America, ultimately giving this entire era of American history its enduring name. (This is an automatically generated summary.)