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(0)Mark Twain
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson Doubleday
Pub. Date
[19--]
Language
English
Description
The American claimant: Lighthearted farce featuring an American charmed by the British aristocracy and a British earl equally intrigued by his conception of the nature of America's democratic society.
Pudd'nhead Wilson: Twain's classic story of exchanged identities, slavery, and tragedy, embodied in the son of Roxana, a slave nurse, who switches her baby with that of her white master's at birth.
23) The birthday boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom learns a lesson about honesty on his brother's birthday.
24) The spelling bee
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Company
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "Tom Sawyer" in which Tom cheats during the spelling bee, but later realizes he must make things right.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The most impressive contribution to books by Mark Twain since The Mysterious Stranger of 1916...The attitude is that of Swift, the intellectual contempt is that of Voltaire, and the imagination is that of one of the great masters of American writing."—New York Times Book Review
Virtually none of the material in Letters from the Earth was published in Twain's lifetime and the manuscript was only approved by his executors
...Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Pub. Date
p2010
Language
English
Description
Considered to be one of America's all-time brightest authors, Mark Twain has left his mark on the literary world. Authoring such gems as "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Twain's insight on the ever-evolving and expanding America gave the world a better understanding on the social issues that plagued the country. Here in his own words, Twain chronicles his life and career, offering some perspectives on how his books were created.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This third and final volume crowns and completes [Twain's] work. Like its companion volumes, it chronicles Twain's inner and outer life through a series of daily dictations that go wherever his fancy leads. Created from March 1907 to December 1909, these dictations present Mark Twain at the end of his life: receiving an honorary degree from Oxford University; railing against Theodore Roosevelt; founding numerous clubs; incredulous at an exhibition...