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It was mentioned as a satirical novel co-written by Mark Twain, published in 1873, which followed a poor farmer who moved to the city during the second industrial revolution, only to be taken advantage of by corrupt individuals.
And the only reason we're going to talk about Mark Twain for a moment is because in 1873 he co-wrote a novel, a satire called The Gilded Age, a tale of today where it followed a poor country farmer wh...
— Episode: Robber Barons!
Episode: Robber Barons!
It was mentioned as a satirical novel co-written by Mark Twain, published in 1873, which followed a poor farmer who moved to the city during the second industrial revolution, only to be taken advantage of by corrupt individuals.
And the only reason we're going to talk about Mark Twain for a moment is because in 1873 he co-wrote a novel, a satire called The Gilded Age, a tale of today where it followed a poor country farmer who is sort of I mean, does he move to the city trying to get in on the second industrial revolution?
It's exactly that kind of migration that you're talking about just a few minutes ago. And it didn't work out so well, right? I don't know. I've never read the book.
But from what I can tell, no, it didn't work out very well because he is taken advantage of by all manner of bad people like crooked politicians and crooked businessmen and is basically run through the ringer from what I can tell.
But I've also seen that that wasn't it wasn't exactly the best piece of writing Mark Twain's ever come up with.
Episode: Robber Barons!
It was a satirical novel co-written by Mark Twain that followed a poor farmer who moves to the city during the Second Industrial Revolution and faces exploitation by dishonest politicians and businessmen, though it was not considered Mark Twain's best work.
In 1873 he co-wrote a novel, a satire called The Gilded Age, a tale of today where it followed a poor country farmer who is sort of I mean, does he move to the city trying to get in on the second industrial revolution?
Yeah, totally.
It's exactly that kind of migration that you're talking about just a few minutes ago.
And it didn't work out so well, right?
But from what I can tell, no, it didn't work out very well because he is taken advantage of by all manner of bad people like crooked politicians and crooked businessmen and is basically run through the ringer from what I can tell.
Episode: Robber Barons!
It was co-written by Mark Twain in 1873 and was described as a satire that followed a farmer who moves to the city during the second industrial revolution, where he was taken advantage of by crooked politicians and businessmen.
And the only reason we're going to talk about Mark Twain for a moment is because in 1873 he co-wrote a novel, a satire called The Gilded Age, a tale of today where it followed a poor country farmer who is sort of I mean, does he move to the city trying to get in on the second industrial revolution?
It's exactly that kind of migration that you're talking about just a few minutes ago. And it didn't work out so well, right?
But from what I can tell, no, it didn't work out very well because he is taken advantage of by all manner of bad people like crooked politicians and crooked businessmen and is basically run through the ringer from what I can tell.
But I've also seen that that wasn't it wasn't exactly the best piece of writing Mark Twain's ever come up with.
