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Vg please see pictures staining on outside pages, as shown in pictures. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of twain s inimitable yarnspinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. I can still remember him reading it when i was just a young child. Samuel langhorne clemens november 30, 1835 april 21, 1910, well known by his pen name mark twain, was an american author and humorist. Mark twain has also had stories featured in a number of anthologies, including the golden road and others. Mark twain was a pretty versatile author, writing everything from the story of huck finn to a timetraveling arthurian satire. The complete short stories of mark twain bulk, wholesale. For deft plot, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and languages that brilliantly captures the lively rythms of american speech, no american writer comes close to mark twain. Buy the complete short stories by twain, mark from amazons fiction books store. Description of the book the complete short stories. The complete short stories of mark twain bookshare. The notorious jumping frog of calaveras county, the story of the bad little boy, cannibalism in the cars, a day at niagara, legend of the capitoline venus, journalism in tennessee, a curious dream, the facts in the. The complete short stories of mark twain mark twain. The production quality of the book is the worst i have ever seen.
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These sixty satirical, rollicking, uproarious tales by the greatest yarnspinner in our literary history are as fresh and vivid as ever more than a century after their authors death. The adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain is an 1876 novel about a young boy growing up along the mississippi river. Jun 17, 2015 mark twain was born samuel langhorne clemens in 1835. And in addition to writing articles, novels and travelogues, he wrote a lot of short stories. The complete short stories of mark twain book, 1971.
Charles neider sixty short stories, arranged chronologically, beginning with the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county and covering the entire span of twain s writing life, from 1865 to 1916. He has had several nonfiction books come out in the course of his lengthy writing career. This collection of eighteen of his best short stories, the well known and the lesser known, displays his bestknown side, as a master of western humor and frontier realism, with little of the pessimism that surfaced in his later works. Buy the complete short stories of mark twain bantam classic book online at best prices in india on. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of twains inimitable yarnspinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. The complete short stories of mark twain 1957 hardcover book mint condition. Complete short stories of mark twain by mark twain book cover, description, publication history. Sixty short stories, arranged chronologically, beginning with the notorious jumping frog of calaveras county and covering the entire span of twains writing life, from 1865 to 1916. He also wrote poetry, short stories, essays, and nonfiction. The complete short stories of mark twain now collected for. He gained national attention as a humorist in 1865 with the publication of the celebrated jumping.
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