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Great Short Works of Mark Twain

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark TwainSeries:Perennial ClassicsPublish date:2004-09-28Pages:369
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060727864ISBN-10:60727861UPC:9780060727864Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.30 x 5.02 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC7BTHYAT4

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 MississippiThe Mysterious StrangerThe Man That Corrupted HadleyburgThe Jumping FrogJim Baker's Bluejay YarnA True StoryLetter to the EarthThe War Prayer
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780060727864ISBN-10:60727861UPC:9780060727864Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Short Stories (single author), LiterarySize:8.30 x 5.02 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC7BTHYAT4
Twain, Mark: -

Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book--and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Mark Twain

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