Reading The Gilded Age | Alexandria
Read The Gilded Age by Mark Twain. Skewering social hypocrisy, Twain's biting satire exposed how wealth corrupts democracy - a warning that echoes louder today. His radical insight? True progress comes not from gilded surfaces but from confronting uncomfortable truths about power and human nature. The master satirist saw through America's golden façade to reveal timeless lessons about greed and justice.