FREEThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" by Mark Twain is a satirical novella first published in 1899. When a mysterious stranger leaves a sack of gold in the famously incorruptible town of Hadleyburg, he sets an elaborate trap to expose the citizens' true nature. Nineteen prominent couples fall for his scheme, claiming a reward based on false pretenses. Their dishonesty unravels at a public meeting, revealing that a reputation for virtue means little when tested by real temptation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Automated conservative edition review 2026-10-20T06:22:03.102Z (historical-original-en-v2), Philippines scope. English historical author Twain, Mark, died 1910; original-language author allowlist, matching sole EPUB/catalog creator, no credited contributors, no extra artwork, no flagged editorial/translation/copyright cues in isolated text. US public-domain source label and retained Gutenberg license; EPUB CRC passed. This is rule-based screening, not a worldwide rights opinion or a claim of manual review. Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1213; Philippine term reference https://www.ipophil.gov.ph/copyright/. EPUB SHA256 63281ae9530b490f366a83b050c6fa355522fd4be5e3c3539a05b7c4c42e0076; RDF SHA256 ed52d330af6e465cba63eae4fd98ac8edd9ab09db843a59600862aba39a46a31.
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