Charles Dudley Warner – författare & böcker

Gilded Age

A Tale of Today

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

259 kr

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First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America - an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peace-time optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels.

Gilded Age

AvCharles Dudley Warner,Mark Twain

E-bok

Engelska, 2007

63 kr

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Introduction by Ron PowersIncludes Newly Commissioned EndnotesArguably the first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. Co-written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, this rollicking novel is rife with unscrupulous politicians, colorful plutocrats, and blindly optimistic speculators caught up in a frenzy of romance, murder, and surefire deals gone bust. First published in 1873 and filled with unforgettable characters such as the vainglorious Colonel Sellers and the ruthless Senator Dilsworthy, The Gilded Age is a hilarious and instructive lesson in American history.

My Summer in a Garden

AvCharles Dudley Warner

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

154 kr

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The Gilded Age, Vol. 2: The Authorized Uniform Edition

AvCharles Dudley Warner,Samuel Clemensm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

288 kr

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The Gilded Age, Vol. 2: The Authorized Uniform Edition

AvCharles Dudley Warner,Mark Twainm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

401 kr

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The Gilded Age, Vol. 1: The Authorized Uniform Edition

AvCharles Dudley Warner,Samuel Clemensm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

272 kr

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The Gilded Age, Vol. 1: The Authorized Uniform Edition

AvCharles Dudley Warner,Mark Twainm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

383 kr

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Gilded Age

AvMark Twain,Charles Dudley Warner

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

249 kr

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In the Wilderness

AvCharles Dudley Warner

Häftad, Engelska, 1990

183 kr

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Cited in Adirondack Life as one of the twenty-five most collectible books about the Adirondacks ever to appear, these essays were first published in book form in 1878. Warner’s main theme is the small, often-ludicrous figure that the human being cuts in the wilderness. His urbane satire takes the starch out of "the tin-can and paper collar tourists" who were beginning to flock to the Adirondacks.Warner also appeals to the sensibilities of his readers, then and now, as in the piece on "A-Hunting of the Deer," which is written from the deer’s point of view. And in dead pan worthy of his friend and neighbor Mark Twain, he frequently pulls the reader’s leg, as in his description of a hastily built woods "shanty": "It needs but a few of these skins to cover the roof, and they make a perfectly watertight roof, except when it rains."Warner’s love of nature, combined with his humor and social satire, makes In the Wilderness as good a read now as it was more than a century ago.