Mark Twain
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose!
Written in 1889, Mark 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' is one of literature's first genre mash-ups and one of the first works to feature time travel. It is one of the best known Twain stories, and also one of his most unique. Twain uses the work to launch a social commentary on contemporary society, a thinly veiled critique of the contemporary times despite the Old World setting.
While the dark pessimism that would fully blossom in Twain's later works can be discerned in 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ' the novel will nevertheless be remembered primarily for its wild leaps of imagination, brilliant wit, and entertaining storytelling.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twain's 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthur's Camelot. The 'Yankee' vows brashly to "boss the whole country inside of three weeks" and embarks on an ambitious plan to modernize Camelot with 19th c. industrial inventions like electricity and gunfire. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose!
Written in 1889, Mark 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' is one of literature's first genre mash-ups and one of the first works to feature time travel. It is one of the best known Twain stories, and also one of his most unique. Twain uses the work to launch a social commentary on contemporary society, a thinly veiled critique of the contemporary times despite the Old World setting.
While the dark pessimism that would fully blossom in Twain's later works can be discerned in 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ' the novel will nevertheless be remembered primarily for its wild leaps of imagination, brilliant wit, and entertaining storytelling.
A Curious Dream
Mark Twain
Adam's Diary
Mark Twain
Book by Twain, Mark
A Double Barrelled Detective Story
Mark Twain
The 'consulting detective', Sherlock Holmes, has been called to an American town to solve a strange mystery. Only... this time the pen pulling the strings of the World's Greatest Detective is held by literary legend Mark Twain. In a style that could only be presented by Mark Twain, this tale begins "with a situation that suggests endless possibilities..." But "Mark Twain intended from the first to have some fun...as well as to surprise his readers. Therefore the second part of this short tale develops unexpectedly into a most ingenious parody upon Sherlock Holmes, capitally done." - The Book Buyer, Volume XXIV, 1902. This compilation features the famous parody of Sherlock Holmes, "The Double Barreled Detective" by Mark Twain coupled with Fran ois De Gail's masterful French translation. As opposed to memorizing French phrases or forcing yourself to get through another dry French grammar or verb manual, this Dual Language Reader ("DLR") keeps you eager and excited to turn each page! Short stories in DLR format serve as an excellent tool to aid you in developing the ability to "think" in French. Language Formatting (English & French): French: Translation by Fran ois De Gail English: The story's language of origin. Using this Dual Language Reader: The key to mastering any foreign language is developing the ability to "Think" in that language. With the English text on the left (even pages) and the French translation on the right (odd pages), you're able to comprehend, precisely, the ideas being conveyed without turning a page! For those students who wish to test their ability to read the French text, simply fold the left page back to easily hold & read each page (or the entire book) in French; if you have difficulty understanding exactly what the French text is trying to convey, you can quickly look at the English text to help make the concepts clear and get yourself back on track. Another useful technique (for beginners, especially) is to read the English translation first and then, once the concepts are clear, move on to reading and comprehending the French text. Your goal, other than enjoying the process of learning, is (again): to develop the ability to "think" in the new language. A Dual Language Reader is an excellent tool for helping you to do exactly that!
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
A favorite among young readers and adults alike, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, first published in 1884, is considered to be the author's masterpiece, as well as one of the best American novels ever written.
In order to escape his abusive father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death. He meets up with the runaway slave Jim, and the two begin a new, carefree life on a raft traversing the Mississippi River. Despite their travels bringing them more trouble than expected and the fear of being returned to their old lives, Huck Finn and Jim form a bond that helps protect them from the judgments of a hypocritical society that claims to value civilization even as it benefits from the horror of slavery.
Many readers see Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a children's book because Huck is a boy. However, the book's moral themes and metaphors are relevant for almost any age and situation. Huck rejects his Aunt Sally's attempts to protect him in favor of the entering the unknown wild. He simply values his own personal freedom and sense above all else - a quintessential American trait.
Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed, clothbound edition features an elastic closure and a new introduction by Steven Frye.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Authoritative Text with Original Illustrations (Volume 9) (Mark Twain Library)
Mark Twain
A beautiful hardcover repackaging of this timeless classic from the publishers of the Autobiography of Mark Twain and in partnership with the Mark Twain Project. This definitive edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the only version of Mark Twain’s masterpiece based on his complete manuscript, including the 663 pages found in a Los Angeles attic in 1990. Prepared by the Mark Twain Papers, the official archive of Sam Clemens’s papers at the University of California, Berkeley, this volume features the gorgeous original illustrations that Twain commissioned from Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley and also includes historical notes, a glossary, maps, selected manuscript pages, and even a gallery of letters, advertisements, and playbills from Twain’s first “book tour” to promote the original publication—everything the discerning reader needs to enjoy this classic of American literature again and again.
A Ghost Story
Mark Twain
Free online fiction
From tor.com:
'Ghost Week continues with this Mark Twain story, simply titled “A Ghost Story,” though sometimes published as “A Ghost's Tale.” As with our other Ghost Week reprints, this comes from the Random House/Vintage anthology The Big Book of Ghost Stories edited by Otto Penzler. “A Ghost Story” was originally published in Werner's Readings and Recitations (New York, Edgar S. Werner Company, 1888).'
As Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Este livro pode ser interpretado como uma simples história sobre as aventuras de um rapaz no Vale do Mississípi durante a segunda metade do século XIX. Mas a diversidade da experiência humana e as situações humorísticas e dilacerantes por que passa Huck fazem dele uma obra ímpar. No meio dos mais diversos episódios a solidão faz com que Huck receie não fazer parte do mundo. Mas a solidão é-lhe necessária para sentir a liberdade ou pelo menos, usando a expressão de H. Bloom, «para não renunciar ao desejo de uma permanente imagem de liberdade».
Autobiographical Writings (Penguin Classics)
Mark Twain
An intimate look at Mark Twain that only he himself could offer, edited by highly respected Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen
A must-have for all lovers of Mark Twain, this selection of his autobiographical writings opens a rare window onto the writer’s life, particularly his early years. Born on November 30, 1835, in Florida, Missouri, Samuel Langhorne Clemens first used the pseudonym Mark Twain while a journalist in Nevada in 1863. When his first major book, The Innocents Abroad , appeared six years later, he began what would become one of the most celebrated and influential careers in American letters. Autobiographical Writings will help readers know the author intimately and appreciate why, a century after his death, he remains so vital and appealing.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1: The Complete and Authoritative Edition
Mark Twain
"I've struck it!" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. "And I will give it away--to you. You will never know how much enjoyment you have lost until you get to dictating your autobiography." Thus, after dozens of false starts and hundreds of pages, Twain embarked on his "Final (and Right) Plan" for telling the story of his life. His innovative notion--to "talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment"--meant that his thoughts could range freely. The strict instruction that many of these texts remain unpublished for 100 years meant that when they came out, he would be "dead, and unaware, and indifferent," and that he was therefore free to speak his "whole frank mind."
The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain's death. In celebration of this important milestone and in honor of the cherished tradition of publishing Mark Twain's works, UC Press is proud to offer for the first time Mark Twain's uncensored autobiography in its entirety and exactly as he left it. This major literary event brings to readers, admirers, and scholars the first of three volumes and presents Mark Twain's authentic and unsuppressed voice, brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, and speaking clearly from the grave as he intended.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Mark Twain
[...]starboard bow. By his stern lights I judged he was bearing about northeast-and-by-north-half-east. Well, it was so near my course that I wouldn't throw away the chance; so I fell off a point, steadied my helm, and went for him. You should have heard me whiz, and seen the electric fur fly! In about a minute and a half I was fringed out with an electrical nimbus that flamed around for miles and miles and lit up all space like broad day. The comet was burning blue in the distance, like a sickly torch, when I first sighted him, but he begun to grow bigger and bigger as I crept up on him. I slipped up on him so fast that when I had gone about 150,000,000 miles I was close enough to be swallowed up in the phosphorescent glory of his wake, and I couldn't see anything for the glare. Thinks I, it won't do to run into him, so I shunted to one side and tore along. By and by I closed up abreast of his tail. Do you know what it was like? It was like a gnat closing up on the continent of America. I forged along. By and by[...].
Cartas desde la Tierra
Mark Twain
CARTAS DESDE LA TIERRA, cuya primera edición no se autorizó hasta 1962, describe en vivo y en directo la versión siglo XXI del Big Bang desencadenado por Dios, y las reacciones de un testigo de excepción: Satán. Condenado por unos comentarios como siempre inoportunos, Satán se ve obligado a escribir desde su exilio en la Tierra. Las "Cartas" se centran particularmente en la naturaleza de la relación entre Dios y el Hombre, ese vínculo que quiere simbolizar la forma más sublime de la reverencia y el amor, pero que frecuentemente se manifiesta en forma de desgracias, tribulaciones y abandono. Con ese tono escandaloso que sólo nos permitimos en cavilaciones privadas, las "Cartas" conmueven, hacen reír y, como si eso no fuera suficiente, destilan un aire profético.
De avonturen van Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Die Abenteuer von Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
El forastero misterioso
Mark Twain
Novela póstuma de Mark Twain publicada en 1916 por el albacea literario del autor, Albert B. Paine, "El forastero misterioso" se sitúa en la vena satírica de su autor, y por lo tanto moral. La llegada durante la Edad Media a una población austriaca, dominada por el odio entre sus dos sacerdotes, de un extraño ángel que se hace llamar Satán, provoca el revuelo entre el vecindario. Y no sólo por su repertorio milagrero, sino por su énfasis en ridiculizar la condición humana, mucho más salvaje que la animal. Con un sentido del humor tan moderno como provocador, Twain se ríe de los ritos religiosos con la libertad de haber ambientado la acción muy lejos de su época.
Eve's Diary
Mark Twain
"Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out."
Eve's Diary is a comic short story first published in 1906, and is Twain's perspective on the ever-lasting rivalry between the two sexes. The story is witty, humorous and inspired, with the story beginning with Eve's perspective, only to later transition to Adam's.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, (1835-1910) better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is noted for his novels 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (1885), called "the Great American Novel", and 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' (1876). He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit & satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty, eventually earning the moniker or "the father of American literature".
Humorous Stories and Sketches
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's inimitable blend of humor, satire, and masterly storytelling earned him a secure place in the front rank of American writers. This collection of eight stories and sketches, among them the celebrated classic "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," shows the great humorist at the top of his form.
Also included here are "Journalism in Tennessee," in which a novice newspaperman is shown the "correct way" to report a news story; "About Barbers," a delightful account of every barbershop customer's worst fear; "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses," Twain's hilarious savaging of that author's style; and four more: "A Literary Nightmare," "The Stolen White Elephant," "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed," and "How to Tell a Story."
Delightfully entertaining, these charming pieces will find an appreciative audience among students, general readers, and lovers of classic American humor.
Il diario di Eva
Mark Twain
Joan of Arc
Mark Twain
"I like Joan of Arc best of all my books; and it is the best; I know it perfectly well. And besides, it furnished me seven times the pleasure afforded me by any of the others; twelve years of preparation, and two years of writing. The others needed no preparation and got none." --Mark Twain
Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Florida, Misuri; 30 de noviembre de 1835-Redding, Connecticut; 21 de abril de 1910), más conocido por su seudónimo Mark Twain, fue un escritor, orador y humorista estadounidense. Escribió obras de gran éxito y fama mundial como El príncipe y el mendigo o Un yanqui en la corte del Rey Arturo, pero es conocido sobre todo por su novela Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer y su secuela Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn.
Criticada y elogiada por igual, esta novela no solo constituye la culminación de la narrativa de Mark Twain, sino también el clásico por excelencia de la literatura estadounidense. Mark Twain, con su irónico sentido del humor y su prosa ágil y precisa, nos lleva por el Mississippi de la mano del inolvidable Huck Finn y su fiel amigo Jim, quien huye de la esclavitud. Novela sobre el racismo, la violencia, la amistad y la libertad en unos años turbulentos, Las aventuras de Huckleberry Finn es una lectura imprescindible a cualquier edad.
Las Aventuras de Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Mark Twain alcanzó la popularidad gracias a sus ingeniosas y a menudo satíricas observaciones sobre su época y su entorno, pero esta obra le abrió las puertas de la historia de la literatura.
La emotiva evocación de la infancia del propio autor a orillas del río Misisipi convierte esta novela en uno de los relatos más bellos y vitalistas jamás escritos sobre lo que significa ser un niño, las ilusiones y la rebeldía que preceden a la edad adulta.
Letters from Hawaii
Mark Twain
I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five. I had a jolly time. I would not have fooled away any of it writing letters under any consideration whatever. --Mark TwainSo Samuel Langhorne Clemens made his excuse for late copy to the Sacramento Union, the newspaper that was underwriting his 1866 trip. If the young reporter's excuse makes perfect sense to you, join the thousands of Island lovers who have delighted in Twain's efforts when he finally did put pen to paper.
Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings
Mark Twain
Letters from the Earth is one of Mark Twain's posthumously published works. The essays were written during a difficult time in Twain's life; he was deep in debt and had lost his wife and one of his daughters. The book consists of a series of short stories, many of which deal with God and Christianity. Twain penned a series of letters from the point-of-view of a dejected angel on Earth. This title story consists of letters written by the archangel Satan to archangels, Gabriel and Michael, about his observations on the curious proceedings of earthly life and the nature of man's religions. By analyzing the idea of heaven and God that is widely accepted by those who believe in both, Twain is able to take the silliness that is present and study it with the common sense that is absent. Not so much an attack as much as a cold dissection. Other short stories in the book include a bedtime story about a family of cats Twain wrote for his daughters, and an essay explaining why an anaconda is morally superior to Man. Twain's writings in Letters From the Earth find him at perhaps his most quizzical and questioning state ever.
Letters From The Earth: Uncensored Writings By Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
A stirring account of America's vanished past... The book that earned Mark Twain his first recognition as a serious writer... Discover the magic of life on the Mississippi. At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Mark Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, Life on the Mississippi is the raw material from which Twain wrote his finest novel: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "The Lincoln of our literature." (William Dean Howells)
Los diarios de Adán y Eva
Mark Twain
El mítico ilustrador Francisco Meléndez cumple sus bodas de acero con el silencio, y las interrumpe momentáneamente para esclarecer lo sucedido en el Edén hace cientos de años. Una muestra de su talento intacto y libérrimo, que Mark Twain celebra desde quién sabe dónde.
Del diario de Adán: Esta nueva criatura de pelo largo se entromete bastante. Siempre está merodeando y me sigue a todas partes. Eso no me gusta; no estoy habituado a la compañía. Preferiría que se quedara con los otros animales. Hoy está nublado, hay viento del este; creo que tendremos lluvia… ¿Tendremos? ¿Nosotros? ¿De dónde saqué esta palabra…? Ahora lo recuerdo: la usa la nueva criatura.
Del diario de Eva: Toda la semana lo seguí y traté de entablar relaciones con él. Yo soy la que tuvo que hablar, porque él es tímido, pero no me importa. Parecía complacido de tenerme alrededor, y usé el sociable «nosotros» varias veces, porque él parecía halagado de verse incluido.
On the Decay of the Art of Lying
Mark Twain
On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's "most faithfull friend." He concludes by insisting that: "the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling."
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Mark Twain
Excerpt from Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 of 2 To Arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours. Judged by the standards of one century, the noblest characters of an earlier one lose much of their luster; judged by the standards of to-day, there is probably no illustrious man of four or five centuries ago whose character could meet the test at all points. But the character of Joan of Arc is unique. It can be measured by the standards of all times without misgiving or apprehension as to the result. Judged by any of them, judged by all of them, it is still flawless, it is still ideally perfect; it still occupies the loftiest place possible to human attainment, a loftier one than has been reached by any other mere mortal. When we reflect that her century was the brutalest, the wickedest, the rottenest in history since the darkest ages, we are lost in wonder at the miracle of such a product from such a soil. The contrast between her and her century is the contrast between day and night.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Print si cersetor
Mark Twain
Prinț și cerșetor
Mark Twain
în stravechea cetate a Londrei, într-o zi de toamna ca toate celelalte, […] a venit pe lume un baietas, într-o familie saraca – pe nume Canty – care nu-i dorise nasterea. în aceeasi zi s-a nascut alt copil englez, al unei familii bogate – pe nume Tudor – care dorea din tot suletul venirea lui pe lume“. „Print si cersetor“ reprezinta o lectura captivanta si incitanta pentru tineri, dar si pentru cei de toate vârstele. Este o poveste de neuitat despre doi copii: Edward Tudor, print de Wales, si Tom Canty, baiatul sarac, despre lumea bogatilor si cea a saracilor, de pe vremea regelui Henric al VIII-lea
Pudd'nhead Wilson (Bantam Classics)
Mark Twain
At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple premise Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels. On its surface, Pudd'nhead Wilson possesses all the elements of an engrossing nineteenth-century mystery: reversed identities, a horrible crime, an eccentric detective, a suspenseful courtroom drama, and a surprising, unusual solution. Yet it is not a mystery novel. Seething with the undercurrents of antebellum southern culture, the book is a savage indictment in which the real criminal is society, and racial prejudice and slavery are the crimes. Written in 1894, Pudd'nhead Wilson glistens with characteristic Twain humor, with suspense, and with pointed irony: a gem among the author's later works.
Roughing It
Mark Twain
Roughing It is a book of semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. He wrote it during 1870–71 and published in 1872, as a prequel to his first book The Innocents Abroad (1869). This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his pleasure cruise related in Innocents Abroad.
Sketches, New and Old
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
A nineteenth-century boy from a Mississippi River town recounts his adventures as he travels down the river with a runaway slave, encountering a family involved in a feud, two scoundrels pretending to be royalty, and Tom Sawyer's aunt who mistakes him for Tom.
The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn
Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend of Tom Sawyer. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist over 20 years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. Perennially popular with readers, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has also been the continued object of study by literary critics since its publication. The book was widely criticized upon release because of its extensive use of coarse language. Throughout the 20th century, and despite arguments that the protagonist and the tenor of the book are anti-racist, criticism of the book continued due to both its perceived use of racial stereotypes and its frequent use of the racial slur "nigger".
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy protagonist, Thomas Sawyer, whose reputation precedes him for causing mischief and strife. Tom lives with his Aunt Polly, half-brother Sid, and cousin Mary in the quaint town of St. Petersburg, just off the shore of the Mississippi River. St. Petersburg is described as a typical small-town atmosphere where the Christian faith is predominant, the social network is close-knit, and familiarity resides. Unlike his brother Sid, Tom receives "lickings" from his Aunt Polly; ever the mischief-maker, would rather play hooky than attend school and often sneaks out his bedroom window at night to adventure with his friend, Huckleberry Finn the town's social outcast. Tom, despite his dread of schooling, is extremely clever and would normally get away with his pranks if Sid were not such a "tattle-tale." As punishment for skipping school to go swimming, Aunt Polly assigns Tom the chore of whitewashing the fence surrounding the house. In a brilliant scheme, Tom is able to con the neighborhood boys into completing the chore for him, managing to convince them of the joys of whitewashing. At school, Tom is equally as flamboyant, and attracts attention by chasing other boys, yelling, and running around. With his usual antics, Tom attempts to catch the eye of Becky Thatcher, a new girl in town, and persuades her to get "engaged" by kissing him. But their romance collapses when she learns Tom has been "engaged" previously to Amy Lawrence. Shortly after Becky shuns him, he accompanies Huckleberry Finn to the graveyard at night, where they witness the murder of Dr. Robinson.
Excerpt:
"TOM!" No answer. "TOM!" No answer. "What's gone with that boy, I wonder? You TOM!" No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; then she put them up and looked out under them. She seldom or never looked through them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service—she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. She looked perplexed for a moment, and then said, not fiercely, but still loud enough for the furniture to hear: "Well, I lay if I get hold of you I'll—" She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with. She resurrected nothing but the cat. "I never did see the beat of that boy!"
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/The Prince & the Pauper/Pudd'nhead Wilson/Short Stories/A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
Take a lighthearted, nostalgic trip to a simpler time, seen through the eyes of a very special boy named Tom Sawyer. It is a dreamlike summertime world of hooky and adventure, pranks and punishment, villains and first love, filled with memorable characters. Adults and young readers alike continue to enjoy this delightful classic of the promise and dreams of youth from one of America’s most beloved authors.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
He has no mother, his father is a brutal drunkard, and he sleeps in a barrel. He’s Huck Finn—liar, sometime thief, and rebel against respectability. But when Huck meets a runaway slave named Jim, his life changes forever. On their exciting flight down the Mississippi aboard a raft, the boy nobody wanted matures into a young man of courage and conviction. As Ernest Hemingway said of this glorious novel, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
--back cover
The Autobiography of Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams.... It has the marks of greatness in it--style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy."--From the Introduction by Charles Neider
Mark Twain was a figure larger than life: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story--which includes sixteen pages of photos--with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he "free and frank and unembarrassed" in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.
The Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache
Mark Twain
Vielen der Eigenheiten, die den Gestaltungs- und Differenzierungsreichtum unserer Muttersprache prägen – Genus, relativ freie Wortstellung, vielfältige Möglichkeiten der Wortbildung und spannungsreiche Parenthesen etwa –, stehen Ausländer oft fassungslos gegenüber. Noch immer ist Mark Twains Klage über die »schreckliche deutsche Sprache« das wohl amüsanteste Beispiel für das – eher vergebliche – Bemühen, der Tücken des Deutschen Herr zu werden.
The Bible According to Mark Twain: Irreverent Writings on Eden, Heaven, and the Flood by America's Master Satirist
Mark Twain
In this brilliant and hilarious compilation of essays, letters, diaries, and excerpts--some never before published--Mark Twain takes on Heaven and Hell, sinners and saints and showcases his own unique approach to the Holy Scriptures including
*ADAM AND EVE'S DIVERGENT ACCOUNTS OF THEIR DOMESTIC TROUBLES
*SATAN'S TAKE ON OUR CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE
*METHUSELAH'S DISCUSSION OF AN ANCIENT VERSION OF BASEBALL
*ADVICE ON HOW TO DRESS AND TIP PROPERLY IN HEAVEN
Behind the humor of these pieces, readers will see Twain's serious thoughts on the relationship between God and man, biblical inconsistencies, Darwinism, science, and the impact of technology on religious beliefs. The Bible According to Mark Twain is vintage Twain and is sure to surprise, delight, and perhaps shock modern readers.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Mark Twain
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identity, a gambler who’d bet on anything, and a very unusual frog named Daniel Webster.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867) (The ^AOxford Mark Twain)
Mark Twain
The Complete Mark Twain Collection
Mark Twain
The entire Mark Twain anthology with over 300 books and story collections. See the sample for the complete and navigable table of contents. Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations. CONTENTS THE INNOCENTS ABROADMARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTO-BIOGRAPHY FIRST ROMANCE.ROUGHING ITTHE GILDED AGE (with Charles Dudley Warner)SKETCHES NEW AND OLDTHE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHES1601--CONVERSATION AT THE SOCIAL FIRESIDE OF THE TUDORSTHE FACTS CONCERNING THE RECENT CARNIVAL OF CRIME IN CONNECTICUTTHE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYERTHE LOVES OF ALONZO FITZ CLARENCE AND ROSANNAH ETHELTON AND OTHER STORIESSOME RAMBLING NOTES OF AN IDLE EXCURSIONTHE STOLEN WHITE ELEPHANTA TRAMP ABROADTHE PRINCE AND THE PAUPERLIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPITHE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNA CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURTTHE AMERICAN CLAIMANTEXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARYIN DEFENSE OF HARRIET SHELLEYFENNIMORE COOPER'S LITERARY OFFENCESESSAYS ON PAUL BOURGETTOM SAWYER ABROADTHE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSONTHOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINSPERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF JOAN OF ARCTOM SAWYER, DETECTIVEFOLLOWING THE EQUATOR, A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLDTHE MAN THAT CORRUPTED HADLEYBURG AND OTHER STORIESWHAT IS MAN AND OTHER ESSAYS IS SHAKESPEARE DEAD?THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER AND OTHER STORIESA DOUBLE BARRELED DETECTIVETHE $30,000 BEQUEST AND OTHER STORIES THE $30,000 BEQUEST A DOG'S TALE A BURLESQUE BIOGRAPHY HOW TO TELL A STORY EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY EVE'S DIARYA HORSE'S TALECHRISTIAN SCIENCEEXTRACT FROM CAPTAIN STORMFIELD'S VISIT TO HEAVENGOLDSMITH'S FRIEND ABROAD AGAIN HOW TO TELL A STORY THE WOUNDED SOLDIER THE GOLDEN ARM MENTAL TELEGRAPHY AGAIN THE INVALIDS STORYMARK TWAIN'S SPEECHESMARK TWAIN'S LETTERS 1853-1910and more....
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Mark Twain
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
Mark Twain
"Good deal of fog this morning. I do not go out in the fog myself," notes Adam in his diary, adding, "The new creature does. It goes out in all weathers. And talks. It used to be so pleasant and quiet here."
Adam has a lot to learn about Eve, and even more from her, as she names the animals, discovers fire, and introduces all manner of innovations to their garden home. Mark Twain's "translation" of the diaries of the first man and woman offers a humorous "he said/she said" narrative of biblical events. The great American storyteller found comfort and inspiration in the company of women, and his irreverent look at conventional religion is also a thoughtful -- and humorous -- argument for gender equality.
The Diaries of Adam & Eve (CD)
Mark Twain
An American legend rewrites a remarkably contemporary Adam and Eve. In tackling the first three chapters of Genesis, Twain creates a story of The First Couple who are psychologically familiar to even 21st Century Americans. He wrote the Diaries as a tribute to his own marriage, so they are also his most heartfelt and personal work. Between 1893 and 1906, he attempted six versions; only these satisfied him and were published in his lifetime. This expanded edition is · beautifully illustrated · faithful to Twain's final rewrites · faithful to Twain's wish that the two tales be "bound together" · and includes passages published for the first time.
The Double-Barrelled Detective
Mark Twain
The 'consulting detective', Sherlock Holmes, has been called to an American town to solve a strange mystery. Only... this time the pen pulling the strings of the World's Greatest Detective is held by literary legend Mark Twain. In a style that could only be presented by Mark Twain, this tale begins "with a situation that suggests endless possibilities..." But "Mark Twain intended from the first to have some fun...as well as to surprise his readers. Therefore the second part of this short tale develops unexpectedly into a most ingenious parody upon Sherlock Holmes, capitally done." - The Book Buyer, Volume XXIV, 1902. This compilation features the famous parody of Sherlock Holmes, "The Double Barreled Detective" by Mark Twain coupled with Fran ois De Gail's masterful French translation. As opposed to memorizing French phrases or forcing yourself to get through another dry French grammar or verb manual, this Dual Language Reader ("DLR") keeps you eager and excited to turn each page! Short stories in DLR format serve as an excellent tool to aid you in developing the ability to "think" in French. Language Formatting (English & French): French: Translation by Fran ois De Gail English: The story's language of origin. Using this Dual Language Reader: The key to mastering any foreign language is developing the ability to "Think" in that language. With the English text on the left (even pages) and the French translation on the right (odd pages), you're able to comprehend, precisely, the ideas being conveyed without turning a page! For those students who wish to test their ability to read the French text, simply fold the left page back to easily hold & read each page (or the entire book) in French; if you have difficulty understanding exactly what the French text is trying to convey, you can quickly look at the English text to help make the concepts clear and get yourself back on track. Another useful technique (for beginners, especially) is to read the English translation first and then, once the concepts are clear, move on to reading and comprehending the French text. Your goal, other than enjoying the process of learning, is (again): to develop the ability to "think" in the new language. A Dual Language Reader is an excellent tool for helping you to do exactly that!
The Gilded Age
Mark Twain
Arguably the first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this remarkable era its name. Co-written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, this rollicking novel is rife with unscrupulous politicians, colorful plutocrats, and blindly optimistic speculators caught up in a frenzy of romance, murder, and surefire deals gone bust. First published in 1873 and filled with unforgettable characters such as the vainglorious Colonel Sellers and the ruthless Senator Dilsworthy, The Gilded Age is a hilarious and instructive lesson in American history.Introduction by Ron PowersIncludes Newly Commissioned Endnotes
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (Penguin Classics)
Mark Twain
First published in 1873, The Gilded Age is both a biting satire and a revealing portrait of post-Civil War America-an age of corruption when crooked land speculators, ruthless bankers, and dishonest politicians voraciously took advantage of the nation's peacetime optimism. With his characteristic wit and perception, Mark Twain and his collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, attack the greed, lust, and naivete of their own time in a work which endures as a valuable social document and one of America's most important satirical novels.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
Mark Twain
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg
Mark Twain
"Why, you simple creatures, the weakest of all weak things is a virtue which has not been tested in the fire."
Written on hotel stationary while in Europe on the run from American creditors, soon after the death of a daughter, The Man That Corrupted Handleyburg is often cited as a work of bitter cynicism—a statement on America, to some, on the Dreyfus Case, to others—created by a weary author at the end of his career.
Another appreciation, however, is that it is, simply, Mark Twain at his best. The story of a mysterious stranger who orchestrates a fraud embarrassing the hypocritical citizens of "incorruptible" Hadleyburg. The novella is an exceptionally crafted work intertwining a devious and suspenseful plot with some of the wittiest dialogue Twain ever wrote. And like the most masterful literature, it subverts any notion of easy is Hadleyburg ruined, or liberated? Is the mysterious stranger Satan, or a hero? Is this a book of revenge, or redemption? One thing is This brilliant novella is a complex and compassionate consideration of the human character by a master at the height of his form.
The Art of The Novella Series
Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.
The Million Pound Bank Note
Mark Twain
The story takes place in Victorian London, where two very rich, eccentric brothers give the penniless story protagonist, Henry Adams, one million pounds of money in the form of a single peerless bank note. Henry would not be easily able to exchange that note in the bank without being questioned about how he had come to it, charged with theft and arrested. He would also not be able to spend it since no ordinary person would be able to change it.
The Mysterious Stranger
Mark Twain
relates the adventures of Satan, the sinless nephew of the biblical Satan, in Eseldorf, an Austrian village in the year 1702. Twain wrote this version between November 1897 and September 1900. "Eseldorf" is German for "Assville" or "Donkeytown".
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles--a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous neighborhoods among the lower classes and endures a series of hardships; meanwhile, poor Tom, now living with the royals, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is.
The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale For Young People of All Ages / Those Extraordinary Twins
Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers: Level 1, Simplified Chinese Edition
Mark Twain
The Stolen White Elephant
Mark Twain
'PALE TERROR GOES BEFORE HIM, DEATH AND DEVASTATION FOLLOW!'
From the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted.
One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
The Tragedy of Pudd nhead Wilson (Large Print Edition)
Mark Twain
Tiggerprinsen
Mark Twain
Prins Edward av England og fattiggutten Tom Canty er like som to dråper vann. For spøk bytter de klær, men før de rekker å bytte tilbake, er spøken blitt alvor.
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn in a parody of Jules Verne-esque adventure stories. In the story, Tom, Huck & Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with lions, robbers & fleas to see some of the world's greatest wonders, including the Pyramids & the Sphinx. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer, Detective, the story is told using the 1st-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.
Excerpt:
So he did it. He had a little wee bit of steamboating, and some stage-coaching, but all the rest of the way was horseback, and it took him three weeks to get to Washington. He saw lots of land and lots of villages and four cities. He was gone 'most eight weeks, and there never was such a proud man in the village as he when he got back. His travels made him the greatest man in all that region, and the most talked about; and people come from as much as thirty miles back in the country, and from over in the Illinois bottoms, too, just to look at him and there they'd stand and gawk, and he'd gabble. You never see anything like it.
Tom Sawyer, Detective (Tor Classics)
Mark Twain
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.
This edition of Tom Sawyer, Detective includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword from the Publisher.
Well, it seems like a grand vacation idea when Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are invited to boat down river and visit Tom's Uncle Silas, but every inch of the trip draws the boys deeper into a tangled web of dark deeds. Stolen diamonds; a mysterious stranger; vengeful manhunters; a long lot twin; a vanished farm-hand...how does it all add it?
The question explodes when Tom Sawyer discovers a dead man in a shallow grave, and Uncle Silas confesses to a murder he didn't commit! Now Tom Sawyer must find and unmask the real killer--or Silas will be hanged and his family destroyed.
Tom Sojer
Mark Twain
Roman Pustolovine Toma Sojera je roman u kome je pisac Mark Tven oživeo uspomene iz detinjstva! Tom Sojer je živeo u istim uslovima kao i pisac, a sve ostale ličnosti iz romana predstavljaju stvarne osobe iz piščevog života.
Tvenova majka je opisana kao tetka Pola, a Sid je njegov mlađi brat. Među njegovim dobrim prijateljima bilo je dečaka kao što je Hak i pisac je poznavao mnogo crnaca kao što je Džim, jer je stanovništvo mesta u kome je živeo bilo sastavljeno od svakojakih belaca i crnaca robova.
Čak postoji i strašna pećina koja je opisana u romanu, a nalazi se u blizini mesta Hanibala.
Ovim romanom za decu Mark Tven je stekao svetsku slavu.
To the Person Sitting in Darkness
Mark Twain
Treasury of World Masterpieces: Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Un americano alla corte di re Artù
Mark Twain
Un yankeu la curtea regelui Arthur
Mark Twain
What is Man?
Mark Twain
Twain’in basılmaya hazır hale gelip gelmediğinden bir türlü emin olamadığı İnsan Nedir? anonim olarak yayımlanmış ve yazarın öngördüğü üzere, epey tartışma yaratmış. Biri genç, diğeri ihtiyar iki adamın sohbeti vasıtasıyla insan hakkında kimilerinin pek de hoşuna gitmeyecek tespitlerin aktarıldığı eser, günümüzde insanın akıl yürütme yetisini anlamak ve konuya farklı bir açıdan bakabilmek isteyen okur için değerli bir kitap.Düşünebiliyor olmak insanı gerçekten özel kılar mı, kişi nasıl akıl yürütür ve fikir sahibi olur, biliminsanı ya da sanatçı için düşünme süreçleri nasıl işler gibi sorular üzerinden yorgun ve bilge bir ihtiyarın gerçekçiliği ile bir gencin muhalefet olma tutkusu ve romantizmini çarpıştırıyor Twain. “İnsan nedir?” sorusuna yanıt arayışımız belki de hiçbir zaman son bulmayacak, fakat Twain’in karakterleri kulak vermeye değer...
ماجراهای تام سایر
Mark Twain
Том Сойер е най-известният хлапак в американската литература. Находчив и палав, благороден и смел, той преживява необикновени приключения - разкрива убийство, губи се в пещера, намира съкровище...и първата си любов.
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