The Gilded Age A Tale of Today Charles Dudley Warner 9781142357047 Books
Download As PDF : The Gilded Age A Tale of Today Charles Dudley Warner 9781142357047 Books
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
The Gilded Age A Tale of Today Charles Dudley Warner 9781142357047 Books
Although not among Mark Twain's funniest, the book does provide insight into how many infrastructure projects were financed in the post Civil War era of political corruption. Sadly, in the process, the story enhances the still popular misconception that many of the reconstruction initiatives aimed at uplifting the freedmen were also corruption riddled, and, thereby, provides some insight to why the reconstruction largely failed.Product details
|
Tags : The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today [Charles Dudley Warner] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,Charles Dudley Warner,The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today,Nabu Press,114235704X,Biography & Autobiography General,Biography: general,Fiction - General,General
People also read other books :
- OldTimers A TALE OF THE BLUNDERS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY eBook Matthew Cash
- Controlled Submission Collection edition by Lucia Jordan Literature Fiction eBooks
- The Mind in the Making James Harvey Robinson 9781941129661 Books
- Exit Channel edition by Lily Vonderheide Literature Fiction eBooks
- Pathfinder edition by JA Jaken Literature Fiction eBooks
The Gilded Age A Tale of Today Charles Dudley Warner 9781142357047 Books Reviews
Smells wonderful before use, but stinks after. Color was instant and looks natural! But be careful with white clothes it will stain them. This would be a good event tanner.
Twain paints a vivid picture that remains true today. The major difference is that Congress is corrupt in a different way, and less able to accomplish anything.
I just received this book yesterday, so I haven't read more than a few pages yet. It has the same deficiency as a couple of other books I have purchased on recently. The text of the original book is present, but nothing else. It is very cheaply printed. There are obvious mistakes that should have been caught by an editor. There are no page numbers and no page separations. When a new chapter begins, it just starts in the middle of a page as if it were just a new paragraph.
I don't fault the "publisher" for putting this book out, since this may be the only way to get a new copy of an out of print book. But I think should make it clear to buyers what they are getting. There should be a way to classify this type of book, and give details about things like font size and readability..
"The Gilded Age" was my first book. I read it along with a history of the Progressive Movement, which was enjoyable and useful for placing myself in late 19th-century America. Twain created a satirical tragedy that masterfully encapsulates the excess of the Gilded Age, and the distractions that drove our entire society into a ditch. It's brilliance is manifested by its relevance to our world today, almost 140 years after its publication. The story describes a fundamental aspect of human nature that we all need to examine more closely.
Mark Twain is such an American treasure; I wish he had a contemporary counterpart.
I chose this book to use for two bookclub meetings, one for the American gilded age and the other for the study of Mark Twain. It's perfect for both. Although it's not the best book written by Twain it is his first full length book and very interesting from that prospective as well. I'll also add that it's not an easy book to read due to the style and language.
What is interesting is the story which with some alterations could be written today. The story line explores the dreaming and scheaming of those who want to get rich quick, politicans who are less than honest and those too lazy to work or to have a desire for improvement. It could describe people and situations that we've all encountered (perhaps we can even find ourselves).
I'd recommend this book to those who are interested in the age following the American Civil War.
I keep relishing this sentence after reading this novel by Mark Twain and Charles Warner "It is worth noting that the only land which turns out to have tangible value is that for which its owner has literally and physically struggled; land that is exploited in the expectation of quick fortunes remains a lure and a snare." This statement sums up how I feel about my own self-created career. The subtitle of this novel, "A Tale of Today" applies to 1873 (when the book was published) as much as it does today. We desire quick, rich results when, time and again, we realize that we get what we work for with diligence, determination and devotion.
This novel is an interesting read to the 21st-century reader in part because of the demonstration of the burgeoning talent of its famous co-author (Twain) and in part because one can compare its story to modern society and government. The Victorian melodramatic aspects of the book are less interesting, and the family saga aspect of the novel needs work (some characters get lost for a dozen chapters or so and then turn up in Australia, for no apparent reason). Twain's writing for the satirical portions is excellent and worth reading.
All in all, then, a decent read, even though part of the novel has not stood the test of time. For someone who is interested in Twain or political novels, I would give it 4 stars.
However, I have to say that I found the version of the book to be inadequate. (YES, I am talking about the Modern Library edition and not some scanned edition.) The book is full of chapter epigrams (over 63 of them) and footnotes, almost all of which are not "clickable." In a properly produced book, you can get to a footnote by moving the cursor to it and clicking on it. You are then brought to that note, and after reading it, you hit "back" to return to the text. This is convenient and about the only acceptable way to read notes in an e-book. (I guess they could be presented at the bottom of the page, though that would probably create difficult formatting problems.)
The Modern Library chose not to do that for its own notes and for the epigrams in many obscure languages. Instead, to read a footnote, you had to go through the following simple steps (which I am not making up)
1. Hit "Menu"
2. Select "Go to..."
3. Select "Table of Contents" [Notes is not an option.]
4. Page ahead three times until you get to the page when Notes are listed on the Table of Contents.
5. Move the cursor down to "Notes"; Click
6. Now page forward through the notes until you find the footnote you are looking for. If it is a later chapter, this could be 5 or 10 pages.
7. When done reading, hit "Back" twice to return to the text.
Child's play, eh? You do this *every time you want to read a footnote*! Only the authors' very few original footnotes were directy clickable. The many more editor's footnotes required the above procedure. Alternatively, you could memorize the book location where the notes were, and directly type that in at step 3 above, although that doesn't save as many keystrokes as you would think, because numbers are typed in via an awkward menu, rather than directly.
The text of the book tells us that the epigrams are translated on page 475. However, the page numbers in the edition only go up to page 269 according to the Go to... menu. So much for reading the epigrams! I read all them after finishing the novel, since trying to find them in each of the 63 chapters would have been impossible. Well, it would have been possible if the editors had simply put the translations in the text or made the epigrams clickable to their translations. However, that would have required a little programming work.
Oh, I'm not bitter! However, my rating of the production of this e-book is only 2 stars, so my overall rating (novel itself plus Modern Library's production) is 3 stars. If you're the kind of person who doesn't care about footnotes, then you can probably enjoy this publication much more than I did. Or, now that you know of this problem, you can just forget the footnotes and read through without letting them annoy you.
Modern Library is an excellent publisher of printed books, but they need to understand that getting us to spend money for an e-book may require thoughtfulness and programming on their part. If they don't put in this work, you might as well just download a free scanned version.
Although not among Mark Twain's funniest, the book does provide insight into how many infrastructure projects were financed in the post Civil War era of political corruption. Sadly, in the process, the story enhances the still popular misconception that many of the reconstruction initiatives aimed at uplifting the freedmen were also corruption riddled, and, thereby, provides some insight to why the reconstruction largely failed.
0 Response to "≫ Download Gratis The Gilded Age A Tale of Today Charles Dudley Warner 9781142357047 Books"
Post a Comment