Best Works Of Mark Twain

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0486402266

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Best Works of Mark Twain by Mark Twain Pdf

""Another grand slam collection."" - M. G. Paregian. In addition to the classic novels Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, this set includes Humorous Stories and Sketches (featuring ""Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses,"" ""The Stolen White Elephant,"" and 5 other items) plus ""The Mysterious Stranger"" and Other Stories (""The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"" and 3 others).

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061760853

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Great Short Works of Mark Twain by Mark Twain Pdf

Selected short works of humor and criticism by a revered American master Beloved by millions, Mark Twain is the quintessential American writer. More than anyone else, his blend of skepticism, caustic wit and sharp prose defines a certain American mythos. While his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is still taught to nearly everyone who attends school and is considered by many to be the Great American Novel, Twain’s shorter stories and criticisms have unequalled style and bite. In a review that’s less than kind to the writing of James Fenimore Cooper, Twain writes: “Every time a Cooper person is in peril, and absolute silence is worth four dollars a minute, he is sure to step on a dry twig. There may be a hundred handier things to step on, but that wouldn’t satisfy Cooper. Cooper requires him to turn out and find a dry twig; and if he can’t do it, go and borrow one.” It’s difficult to imagine anyone else writing in quite this style, though many have tried, which is why Twain’s legacy only continues to grow. The collection includes 20 works, including: Old Times on the Mississippi The Mysterious Stranger The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg The Jumping Frog Jim Baker's Bluejay Yarn A True Story Letter to the Earth The War Prayer

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798706026370

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Pdf

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American humorist Mark Twain. It is commonly used and accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of three other Mark Twain books.The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. By satirizing Southern antebellum society that was already a quarter-century in the past by the time of publication, the book is an often scathing look at entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The drifting journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Canterbury Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1607103168

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Mark Twain by Mark Twain Pdf

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most popular works of legendary humorist and novelist Mark Twain. Mark Twain wrote his greatest works more than one hundred years ago, but he's never far from the minds of Americans. Whether it's the new, complete, and uncensored version of his autobiography hitting bestseller lists or the removal of certain controversial language from one of his novels, his name and his legacy remain a topic of conversation--and undoubtedly will for years to come. There's no better time to appreciate his stories, or read them for the very first time. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson are collected in this timeless and elegant book. Part of the Canterbury Classics series, Mark Twain features a beautiful cover, a ribbon bookmark, and other elements to enhance the reading experience, along with an introduction by a renowned Twain scholar that will enlighten new and familiar readers alike. This edition of Mark Twain is a treasure to enjoy forever--just like the writing of Twain himself!

Author : Jeffrey Alan Melton
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780817311605

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Mark Twain, Travel Books, and Tourism by Jeffrey Alan Melton Pdf

Grounding this study in tourist theory, Melton explores how, in five travel books, Twain captures the birth and growth of a new creature who would go on to change the map of the world: the American tourist."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Alan Goldman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781442261723

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Mark Twain and Philosophy by Alan Goldman Pdf

Mark Twain, the “Father of American Literature,” and renowned humorist, satirist, and commentator on humanity and American life, is best known for his classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain’s body of work, however, is expansive; from Adventures of Tom Sawyer and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court to the travelogue The Innocents Abroad and essays on human nature, religion, science, and literature, no aspect of life is left untouched by Twain. His portrayal of American life, ripe with the contradictions of America’s ideals and its actual practices, as well as his characters, at once fantastical and completely human, provide a window onto humanity and social life. As the third book in the Great Authors and Philosophy series, Mark Twain and Philosophy reveals deeper issues raised by Twain’s work and speaks to his continued relevance as a social commentator interrogating issues fundamental to our lives. From slavery, freedom, and human rights, to science, parapsychology, and religion, this book exposes how Twain’s body of work touches every corner of human experience.

Author : Robert Burleigh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481428408

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The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn by Robert Burleigh Pdf

Everyone knows the story of the raft on the Mississippi and that ol' whitewashed fence, but now it’s time for youngins everywhere to get right acquainted with the man behind the pen. Mr. Mark Twain! An interesting character, he was...even if he did sometimes get all gussied up in linen suits and even if he did make it rich and live in a house with so many tiers and gazebos that it looked like a weddin’ cake. All that’s a little too proper and hog tied for our narrator, Huckleberry Finn, but no one is more right for the job of telling this picture book biography than Huck himself. (We’re so glad he would oblige.) And, he’ll tell you one thing—that Mr. Twain was a piece a work! Famous for his sense of humor and saying exactly what’s on his mind, a real satirist he was—perhaps America’s greatest. Ever. True to Huck’s voice, this picture book biography is a river boat ride into the life of a real American treasure.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Youcanprint
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788892658370

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Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain Pdf

The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before him rose the black night of Space, like a wall. His mighty bulk towered rugged and mountain-like into the zenith, and His divine head blazed there like a distant sun. At His feet stood three colossal figures, diminished to extinction, almost, by contrast -- archangels -- their heads level with His ankle-bone. When the Creator had finished thinking, He said, "I have thought. Behold!" He lifted His hand, and from it burst a fountain-spray of fire, a million stupendous suns, which clove the blackness and soared, away and away and away, diminishing in magnitude and intensity as they pierced the far frontiers of Space, until at last they were but as diamond nailheads sparkling under the domed vast roof of the universe. At the end of an hour the Grand Council was dismissed. They left the Presence impressed and thoughtful, and retired to a private place, where they might talk with freedom. None of the three seemed to want to begin, though all wanted somebody to do it.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Flame Tree Collectable Classics
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1839641789

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Pdf

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader. One of the most beloved and influential books in American literature, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a comic yet incisive portrait of 19th century America. Told from the perspective of Huck Finn, a good-hearted if wayward thirteen-year-old, it vividly recounts his adventures as he escapes his abusive home and embarks on a journey down the Mississippi River along with Jim, a runaway slave. Through the eyes of Huck, and particularly his relationship with Jim, Twain confronts the hypocrisy of a society that clings to slavery and entrenched racial prejudice while claiming to be the land of the free. The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780812971187

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The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain by Mark Twain Pdf

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743487795

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The Best Short Works of Mark Twain by Mark Twain Pdf

Presents a collection of short stories by Mark Twain along with background information, chronology of Twain's life and work, timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, critical analysis, and discussion questions.

Author : Ron Powers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847395993

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Mark Twain by Ron Powers Pdf

Twain's story is epic, comic and tragic. To retrace it all in illuminating detail, Powers draws on the tens of thousands of Twain's letters and on his astonishing journal entries - many of which are quoted here for the first time. Twain left Missouri for a life on the Mississippi during the golden age of steamboats, enjoyed an uproariously drunken newspaper career in the Nevada of the Wild West, and witnessed and joined the extremes of wealth and poverty of New York City and of the Gilded Age. Through it all he observed, borrowed, stole and combined the characters he met into the voice of America's greatest literature, attracting throngs of fans wherever his undying lust for wandering took him. From Twain's wicked satire to his relationships with the likes of Ulysses Grant, this is a brilliantly written story that astounds, amuses and edifies as only a great life can.

Author : Mark Dawidziak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9781493027095

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Mark Twain for Cat Lovers by Mark Dawidziak Pdf

America is cat crazy, and Mark Twain may have been the American writer most crazy about cats. From his boyhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to his last years in Connecticut, Mark Twain spent much of his life surrounded by cats, and they stalk through many of his best-known books, including The Innocents Aboard, Roughing It, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and Puddn’head Wilson. In this lighthearted book, Twain scholar Mark Dawidziak explores the writer’s lifelong devotion to cats through stories, excerpts, quotes, photos, and illustrations, illuminating a little-known side of this famous writer’s life that will appeal to Twain aficionados and cat lovers alike.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : American fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433074842422

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A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain Pdf

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : M J F Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1567315313

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Mark Twain's Book for Bad Boys and Girls by Mark Twain Pdf

This is the first-ever compilation of Twain's wise and witty essays, sketches, and stories on the joys and rewards of misbehavior. With themes including "honesty is not always the best policy, ""the wicked are not always punished," and "virtue is often its only reward," this is a charming treasury that will warm the hearts of bad boys and girls (of any age)everywhere