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The Gilded Age
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Publish Date
- 26 April 2011
- Run Time
- 16 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
What to expect
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War. This period is often referred to as "The Gilded Age" because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the time is exemplified through two fictional narratives: one, of the Hawkinses, a poor family from Tennessee that tries to persuade the government to purchase their seventy-five thousand acres of unimproved land; and second, of Philip Sterling and Henry Brierly, two young upper-class men who seek their fortune in land as well.
This book is widely considered one of the hundred greatest books of all time and is here to attract a whole new generation of readers, for the themes of this classic work are still relevant to our nation today.
Critics Review
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“The Gilded Age is a severe, truthful and painful satire...there is abundance of humor scattered through it.
New York World, 1874
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“It is decidedly original...the most entertaining book of the season.”
Hartford Times, 1873
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Details
- Author
- Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrator
- Bronson Pinchot
- Duration
- 16 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 April 2011
- ISBN
- 9781483090320
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War. This period is often referred to as "The Gilded Age" because of this book. The corruption and greed that was typical of the time is exemplified through two fictional narratives: one, of the Hawkinses, a poor family from Tennessee that tries to persuade the government to purchase their seventy-five thousand acres of unimproved land; and second, of Philip Sterling and Henry Brierly, two young upper-class men who seek their fortune in land as well. This book is widely considered one of the hundred greatest books of all time and is here to attract a whole new generation of readers, for the themes of this classic work are still relevant to our nation today.
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