The original preface * to The Gilded Age resurfaces. (Document).
| Publisher | Mississippi State University |
| Publication | The Mississippi Quarterly |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0026-637X |
| Issues per Year | 4 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Published | 2000-12-22 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | CARL PRACHT |
| Person | Criticism and interpretation | Mark Twain |
| Related Content | Type |
| The Gilded Age | Salem on Literature |
THE GILDED AGE WAS A JOINT PROJECT for Samuel Clemens and Charles Dudley Warner, and iii fact it was Clemens's only co-written work of fiction. (1) This commentary on the state of the United States in the 1870s, was an instant success, with an edition released in both the United States and in Britain.
Proud of their accomplishment, Samuel Clemens and Charles Dudley Warner presented a first edition copy of The Gilded Age to the Rev. Joseph Twichell. Joe Twichell was one of Clemens's closest friends, as well as being his minister and neighbor? What made this gift special was...
[This journal article is 1307 words long]
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