USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The term “Gilded Age, ” coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their 1873 book, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, was an ironic comment on the difference between a true golden age and their present time, a period of booming prosperity in the United States that created a class of the super-rich.

Detailed explanation-2: -In his The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, Mark Twain characterizes the period as “glittering on the surface, but corrupt underneath.” In saying this, Twain meant that while the period was one during which extreme wealth was being created, that wealth was often ill-gotten and made through corrupt means.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mark Twain and the Gilded Age: Mark Twain (1835-1910) was the pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an American author and publisher. He is most famous for creating the character of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain wrote extensively during what is known in American history as the Gilded Age.

Detailed explanation-4: -The period takes its name from the earliest of these, The Gilded Age (1873), written by Mark Twain in collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner.