Tales of Corruption: A 12-Book Collection
Satire, Exposé, and Moral Inquiry into Political Intrigue, Urban Vice, and Social ReformBy W. A. Wilkins, Edmond About, W. T. Stead, Gustavus Myers, L. O. Curon, Alphonse Daudet, Robert Holloway, Robert O. Harland, Emily Sarah Holt, Charles Baudelaire
Length79h 36m
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Tales of Corruption: A 12-Book Collection gathers narratives and polemics that examine moral compromise, institutional abuse, social ambition, and the unstable border between private vice and public power. Moving among realist fiction, satirical tale, investigative writing, historical romance, and decadent prose, the volume situates corruption within the literary cultures of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe and America. Its most arresting selections expose the glamour, coercion, and psychological cost that accompany social decline. The contributors form a notably heterogeneous company: French literary innovators stand beside Anglo-American journalists, reformers, popular novelists, and social critics. Their combined work reflects the pressures of urban modernity, the rise of mass journalism, anti-monopoly and reformist critique, and fin-de-siècle anxieties about decadence and authority. Across differing national settings and genres, these voices treat corruption not merely as criminality but as a cultural condition shaped by class, gender, commerce, bureaucracy, and desire. This collection is especially rewarding for readers seeking a comparative view of how literature and public discourse confront ethical failure. It offers students and general readers an accessible yet challenging encounter with multiple traditions, inviting attention to contrasts in tone, form, and political purpose. Read together, the twelve books create a sustained dialogue about accountability, spectacle, and the enduring social meanings of corruption.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length79 hrs 36 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Tammany Hall
2CHAPTER I RESISTANCE TO ARISTOCRACY 1789-1798
3CHAPTER II AARON BURR AT THE HELM 1798-1802
4CHAPTER IV SLOW RECOVERY FROM DISASTER 1809-1815
5CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY 1817-1820
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6CHAPTER IX THE JACKSON ELEMENT VICTORIOUS 1825-1828
7CHAPTER XII THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY 1834-1837
8CHAPTER XIV WHIG FAILURE RESTORES TAMMANY TO POWER 1838-1840
9CHAPTER XVI “BARNBURNERS” AND “HUNKERS” 1846-1850
10CHAPTER XVIII “HARDSHELLS” AND “SOFTSHELLS” 1852-1853
11CHAPTER XXI WOOD’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION 1856-1859
12CHAPTER XXIII THE TWEED “RING” 1867-1870
13CHAPTER XXV COLLAPSE AND DISPERSION OF THE “RING” 1871-1872
14CHAPTER XXVII THE DICTATORSHIP OF JOHN KELLY 1874-1886
15CHAPTER XXIX THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER (Concluded) 1897-1901
16CHAPTER XXXII THE SWAY OF BRIBERY AND “HONEST GRAFT” 1903-1905
17CHAPTER XXXIV ANOTHER ERA OF LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION 1910-1911
18CHAPTER XXXVI GOVERNOR SULZER’S IMPEACHMENT AND TAMMANY’S DEFEAT 1913-1914
19CHAPTER XXXVII TAMMANY’S PRESENT STATUS 1914-1917
20The Gilded Age
21CHAPTER I
22CHAPTER II
23CHAPTER III
24CHAPTER IV
25CHAPTER V
26CHAPTER VI
27CHAPTER VII
28CHAPTER VIII
29CHAPTER IX
30CHAPTER X
31CHAPTER XI
32CHAPTER XII
33CHAPTER XIII
34CHAPTER XIV
35CHAPTER XV
36CHAPTER XVI
37CHAPTER XVII
38CHAPTER XVIII
39CHAPTER XIX
40CHAPTER XX
41CHAPTER XXI
42CHAPTER XXII
43CHAPTER XXIII
44CHAPTER XXIV
45CHAPTER XXV
46CHAPTER XXVI
47CHAPTER XXVII
48CHAPTER XXVIII
49CHAPTER XXIX
50CHAPTER XXX
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