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All'origine dell'opera - scritta nel 1873 a quattro mani da Mark Twain e all'amico scrittore Charles Dudley Warner - c'è la provocatoria sfida delle mogli degli scrittori, le quali un giorno, ormai annoiate dalle lamentele dei rispettivi coniugi sullo stato della narrativa americana, sfidarono i mariti a dimostrare di saper fare di meglio. I mariti scrittori accolsero la provocazione e, nel giro di tre mesi, completarono il romanzo, poi pubblicato quello stesso anno. E' il primo vero lungo romanzo di Mark Twain, nel quale scorre un fiume di altri numerosi sotto-romanzi, un oceano di storie impossibili da condensare, che s'intrecciano fra loro. Un romanzo satirico, un romanzo d'avventure, un romanzo sulla "famiglia" e sulle oscure passioni femminili, pieno di personaggi che fanno del libro un autentico catalogo di varia umanità. Un potente affresco di quella primitiva e un po' selvaggia libertà del West con il suo incessante e vitale contrasto fra civiltà e barbarie. Dunque un romanzo fin, nella sua essenza americano, anche per la sua forma vivace e dinamica.
- ISBN: 8862617372
- Casa Editrice: Mattioli 1885
- Pagine: 560
- Data di uscita: 03-12-2020
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[Still need to add the end notes. But here is the actual review] The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) is a novel Mark Twain co-wrote with Charles Dudley Warner. The title came to define the period in American history occurring "from about the 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Rec Leggi tutto
I had always wanted to read this book, thinking it was a different sort of novel, perhaps from the point of the wealthy. Also, I had no idea that The Gilded Age was such a serious work. Oh, Mark Twain's humor comes across frequently, especially in the sections taking place in Washington. Unfortunate Leggi tutto
This is the first book I assigned in my Modern Novels class because it set the stage for the period of self-proclaimed Modernity by exposing the seedy underbelly behind American "Progress." This is also Mark Twain's first novel which is clear because he has not quite mastered narrative and structure Leggi tutto
In this book Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner heap scathing criticism on the US congress, the justice system , the press and society in general.. It’s a tale of greed, corruption, influence peddling, lobbying, vote buying, seat buying, bribery, blackmail, hypocrisy, etc. etc. In this aspect this Leggi tutto
Sigh. I shall ever be smitten by Mark Twain. If I were to have a fantasy dinner party he would definitely be a guest. (Along with Woody Allen) This book shattered any remaining illusions/delusions' I may have held regarding our noble democracy and dedication to ethics and principals in government -
It is not often that one gets to define an age, but that is precisely what Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner did with “The Gilded Age”. As Ward Just points out in his introduction, “The Gilded Age” is “the first (novel about Washington) of consequence in American writing.” The full title of the b Leggi tutto
In the United States, the era between the end of the civil war and the late 19th century was characterized by major social changes and rapid economic growth. Behind this facade, however, there were huge social problems and great political corruption. The writers describe this era with intense satiri Leggi tutto
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