Publisher's Synopsis
First published in 1899, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain explores themes of sinfulness and righteousness, hypocrisy, vengeance, and redemption through the tale of a supposedly incorruptible town and one man's efforts to undermine its reputation.The story begins with the narrator stating that Hadleyburgis known throughout America as a decent town whose honest and honorable residents are sheltered from temptation. However, the town managed to offend a stranger in some unspecified way and he decides to take vengeance by sullying the town's reputation and exposing its hypocrisy.
