Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Mark Twain

Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Melville House Publishing
Country
United States
Published
1 December 2010
Pages
84
ISBN
9780976140795

Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

Mark Twain

Written on hotel stationery while Twain was in Europe on the run from American creditors, soon after the death of his daughter, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg is often cited as a work of bitter cynicism a statement on America, to some, on the Dreyfus Case, to others created by a weary author at the end of his career. Others apprciate the work because it is, simply, Mark Twain at his best. The story of a mysterious stranger who orchestrates a fraud embarrassing the hypocritical citizens of
incorruptible
Hadleyburg. The novella is an exceptionally crafted work intertwining a devious and suspenseful plot with some of the wittiest dialogue Twain ever wrote. And like the most masterful literature, it subverts any notion of easy conclusion- is Hadleyburg ruined, or liberated? Is the mysterious stranger Satan, or a hero? Is this a book of revenge, or redemption? One thing is clear- this brilliant novella is a complex and compassionate consideration of the human character by a master at the height of his form.

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