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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg

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HumorClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 1721148051
ISBN13: 9781721148059
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 14 2018
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.19 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.99
Language: English
First published in 1899, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain explores themes of sinfulness and righteousness, hypocrisy, vengeance, and redemption through the tale of a supposedly incorruptible town and one man's efforts to undermine its reputation.The story begins with the narrator stating that Hadleyburgis known throughout America as a decent town whose honest and honorable residents are sheltered from temptation. However, the town managed to offend a stranger in some unspecified way and he decides to take vengeance by sullying the town's reputation and exposing its hypocrisy.

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