The Gilded Age refers to a period in late 19th-century America, roughly from the 1870s to about 1900, marked by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and lavish displays of wealth by the upper class. The term was coined by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner in their satirical novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, highlighting the glittering surface of prosperity that masked deeper social problems like inequality, political corruption, and labour unrest. The word “gilded” suggests a thin layer of gold over something less valuable underneath—symbolizing opulence that concealed the hardships of the era.
This actual scrapkit came about because I started to watch The Gilded Age, a TV series on Sky which I would highly recommend watching.
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Thank you - I am watching the Gilded Age at the moment ... love the kit too!
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