How did Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner decide to blend humor with sharp social critique in The Gilded Age?
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How did Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner decide to blend humor with sharp social critique in The Gilded Age?
Did anyone else find the portrayal of political corruption both hilarious and unsettling?
What inspired the depiction of post-Civil War America in such vivid detail?