Incorrect Which author wrote novels focusing on moral issues in high society during the Gilded Age?

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Robert Gaines

12 September, 07:44

Incorrect Which author wrote novels focusing on moral issues in high society during the Gilded Age?

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Kingston Washington · Answer 1

Mark Twain

Explanation:

Mark Twain with Charles Dudley Warner wrote 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today' which was published in 1873. This novel is a satirical account of human greed juxtaposed with political corruption in post-Civil War America. In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain explores the moral conflict in which Huck struggles to understand the values of the society where race and identity are predominant. In The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, Twain deals with humor and satire through the runaway boyhood who learns to smoke pipe. In Tom Sawyer Abroad, similar moral issues in high society is explored.

Brittany Lynn · Answer 2

Edith Whartow

Explanation:

Edith Wharton is the writer who wrote novels focusing on moral issues in high society during the Golden Age, as seen in her most famous book, "The Age of Innocence". His novels made harsh criticisms of the noble and rich society and the futile way, based on appearances that these people live.

In addition to being an influential and successful writer, Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Yale University, which awarded her the PhD title.