{"_id":"656c0937bf362617afe4be59","title":"The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg","author":"Mark Twain","code":"the-man-that-corrupted-hadleyburg","publish_year":1899,"publish_source":"Harper’s Monthly Magazine","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/harpersnew0100various/page/28/mode/2up","publish_edition":"Vol. 100, No. 595","words":18112,"image":"letter.jpg","image_alt":"A letter with a wax seal. Graphite filter.","genres":["literary","quirky"],"blurb":"“God knows I never had shade nor shadow of a doubt of my petrified and indestructible honesty until now—and now, under the very first big and real temptation, I—Edward, it is my belief that this town’s honesty is as rotten as mine is; as rotten as yours.”","description":"The town of Hadleyburg is considered to be uncorruptible, and it’s citizens perfectly honest. But a man who finds himself offended by one of it’s people, sets out to prove them wrong.","rating":4,"unique_cover":"A sketch of a man walking down the street with a letter tucked in his arm with many people looking and shouting at him.","cover_source":true,"has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"truth","title":"Truth and Lies","collection_type":"theme"}]}