Mark twain referred to the Gilded Age as a time of “ridiculous excess”. So the correct option for the question is option “1”. The Gilded Age has the reference in the book “A Tale of Today” written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner was written in the year 1873. It is a novel that mainly deals with political corruption and greed after the age of Civil War. This period after the Civil War is actually referred to as the Gilded Age.
Mark Twain used the term 'ridiculous excess' to describe the Gilded Age, coining the term in his novel 'The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today' which satirized the era's corruption, lust for power, and stark economic inequalities. ;
Mark Twain referred to the Gilded Age as a time of "ridiculous excess." This term was coined in his 1873 novel, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today , which highlighted the corruption and economic inequalities of the period. Therefore, the correct answer is option 1: The Gilded Age.
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