novel "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today"

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"The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" is an 1873 satirical novel by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that critiques post–Civil War American greed, political corruption, and speculative capitalism.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
satirical novel
associatedWith American political fiction
Mark Twain bibliography
author Charles Dudley Warner
Mark Twain
coAuthorRelationship first novel Mark Twain co-authored
countryOfOrigin United States
criticizes corrupt legislators
lobbying in Washington, D.C.
railroad speculation
features satirical portraits of businessmen
satirical portraits of politicians
firstEditionPublisher American Publishing Company
firstPublicationFormat book
form prose
genre political novel
satire
social novel
hasInfluenceOn historical term "Gilded Age" in U.S. history
hasNotableAdaptation The Gilded Age (1965 TV film)
stage adaptations
historicalSignificance coined name for late 19th-century American era
inspiredTerm Gilded Age
literaryForm fiction
literaryMovement Realism
mainTheme greed
land speculation
political corruption
social criticism
speculative capitalism
mediaType print
narrativeFocus American society
business and politics
notableFor collaboration between Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
critique of post–Civil War American society
originalLanguage English
periodDepicted Reconstruction era
publicationYear 1873
settingCountry United States
settingPeriod post–American Civil War era
structure multi-plot narrative
timeOfAction early 1870s
late 1860s
title The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today

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Roughing It ("The Gilded Age")
followedBy
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today ("The Gilded Age (1965 TV film)")
hasNotableAdaptation
Gilded Age
namedAfter
Charles Dudley Warner ("The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today")
notableWork
American Publishing Company ("The Gilded Age")
publisherOf
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today ("The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today")
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