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 33m
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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 33 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of Tammany Hall
2The History of Tammany Hall
3CHAPTER I RESISTANCE TO ARISTOCRACY 1789-1798
4CHAPTER II AARON BURR AT THE HELM 1798-1802
5CHAPTER IV SLOW RECOVERY FROM DISASTER 1809-1815
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6CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY 1817-1820
7CHAPTER IX THE JACKSON ELEMENT VICTORIOUS 1825-1828
8CHAPTER XII THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY 1834-1837
9CHAPTER XIV WHIG FAILURE RESTORES TAMMANY TO POWER 1838-1840
10CHAPTER XVI “BARNBURNERS” AND “HUNKERS” 1846-1850
11CHAPTER XVIII “HARDSHELLS” AND “SOFTSHELLS” 1852-1853
12CHAPTER XXI WOOD’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION 1856-1859
13CHAPTER XXIII THE TWEED “RING” 1867-1870
14CHAPTER XXV COLLAPSE AND DISPERSION OF THE “RING” 1871-1872
15CHAPTER XXVII THE DICTATORSHIP OF JOHN KELLY 1874-1886
16CHAPTER XXIX THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER (Concluded) 1897-1901
17CHAPTER XXXII THE SWAY OF BRIBERY AND “HONEST GRAFT” 1903-1905
18CHAPTER XXXIV ANOTHER ERA OF LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION 1910-1911
19CHAPTER XXXVI GOVERNOR SULZER’S IMPEACHMENT AND TAMMANY’S DEFEAT 1913-1914
20CHAPTER XXXVII TAMMANY’S PRESENT STATUS 1914-1917
21The Gilded Age
22CHAPTER I
23CHAPTER II
24CHAPTER III
25CHAPTER IV
26CHAPTER V
27CHAPTER VI
28CHAPTER VII
29CHAPTER VIII
30CHAPTER IX
31CHAPTER X
32CHAPTER XI
33CHAPTER XII
34CHAPTER XIII
35CHAPTER XIV
36CHAPTER XV
37CHAPTER XVI
38CHAPTER XVII
39CHAPTER XVIII
40CHAPTER XIX
41CHAPTER XX
42CHAPTER XXI
43CHAPTER XXII
44CHAPTER XXIII
45CHAPTER XXIV
46CHAPTER XXV
47CHAPTER XXVI
48CHAPTER XXVII
49CHAPTER XXVIII
50CHAPTER XXIX
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