The Gilded Age

Interesting Facts

• The book «The Gilded Age» is a satire on American society and politics in the post-Civil War period, mocking corruption and greed.
• It is the only novel written by Mark Twain in collaboration with another writer — Charles Dudley Warner.
• The title of the book became a proverbial term in American culture, denoting a period of superficial glitter and underlying corruption.
• The novel was published in 1873 and became the first major literary work to criticize the American political system.
• The book features numerous characters, each symbolizing different aspects of society at the time, from politicians to entrepreneurs and ordinary citizens.