The gilded age

Description:

A biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America in which Twain and his neighbor attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their time.

subjects: Fiction,  Legislators in fiction,  Legislators,  Political corruption,  Businessmen,  Speculation in fiction,  Businessmen in fiction,  Speculation,  Political corruption in fiction,  City and town life in fiction,  City and town life,  Politics and government,  Political fiction,  Fiction, political,  Washington (d.c.), fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  City life,  Fiction, humorous, general,  Greek anthology,  Land speculation,  Vie urbaine,  Romans, nouvelles,  Parlementaires,  Criticism and interpretation

Places: Washington (D.C.),  United States

Times: To 1878