About this book

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

  • american fiction (fictional works by one author)
  • businessmen
  • businessmen in fiction
  • city and town life
  • city and town life in fiction
  • city life
  • criticism and interpretation
  • fiction
  • fiction, humorous, general
  • fiction, political
  • greek anthology
  • land speculation
  • legislators
  • legislators in fiction
  • parlementaires
  • political corruption
  • political corruption in fiction
  • political fiction
  • politics and government
  • romans, nouvelles
  • speculation
  • speculation in fiction
  • vie urbaine
  • washington (d.c.), fiction