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Cargando... The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg [short story]por Mark Twain
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.  beentsy | Aug 12, 2023 |    ) longhorndaniel | Jul 19, 2017 | Hadleyburg is famed for its reputation for honesty even teaching its children about it. However, when Hadleyburg offends a passing stranger he resolves to revenge himself on the town, rather than any individuals, by exposing its artificial virtue. He leaves a sack supposedly containing forty thousand dollars in gold with Mary and Edward Richards, asking them to find an unknown benefactor. This person had given him twenty dollars and advice. Whoever correctly repeats that advice can claim the money. Two central themes to this tale are appearance versus reality and more importantly human vanity. The stranger deliberately sets out to expose the town’s lies. Hadleyburg prides itself on its honesty, but all its leading citizens are willing to lie for the gold. There is no real virtue in Hadleyburg, only show. This book is more of an extended essay than a even novella really only running to roughly 60 pages and is reported to have been originally written on hotel stationary during a stopover. It is beautifully crafted and the language succinct that its depth of meaning far out weighs its number of pages. This is so a charming tale that left me if not laughing out loud at least with a permanent smile on my face as it cruelly exposed such basic human failings as self-interest and greed. It was a joy to read and I would thoroughly recommend reading it. (  ) PilgrimJess | Oct 20, 2015 | ) HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 |  )1  gbill | Dec 9, 2012 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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`El hombre que corrompió a Hardleyburg` es un argumento terrorífico que documenta con increíble lucidez el papel del valor monetario en los Estados Unidos, y es, al mismo tiempo, una burla al puritanismo superficial que ostentan todavía tragicómicos personajes del mundo entero. Aquí hay un Mark Twain distinto: el que denuncia la corrupción y la venialidad de una sociedad que se manifiesta de una manera pero vive de otra.Sinopsis. Las personas de Hadleyburg llevan la honestidad como bandera, pero el protagonista de la historia quiere demostrar que su supuesta honestidad no lo es tanto y que realmente la mantienen porque nunca ha habido la más mínima tentación para ellos. A la mínima posibilidad de engañar, mentir, robar para obtener un beneficio no hay duda alguna de que todos ellos quedarían en evidencia y así deja una bolsa con dinero abandonada en la ciudad... No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I did enjoy it though. There was a finger pointing schadenfreude feel to it, particularly at the end. (