Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1425001750
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Mark Twain's classic tale is a funny yet blistering indictment of political hypocrisy. A mysterious stranger is treated badly by the town of Hadleyburg-the town that proclaims itself "the most honest and upright town in the region." Through an ingenious sting operation, the stranger sets out to expose Hadleyburg's leading citizens and reveal their greedy, deceitful natures. Twain's burning wit and insight into political posturing and civic cowardice seem more pertinent than ever.
Author: Mark Twain
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Author: Mark Twain
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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The American Claimant is about Americans, the way they view themselves, the way they are viewed by others through the eyes of a British nobleman. Even though a century has passed since the book was written, most of the acute observations are as true today as when it was written. A young English nobleman, Viscount Berkeley, has determined to renounce his aristocratic station, emigrate to America and make his way by ability alone. His place in England is taken by Colonel Sellers, who believes himself the descendant of the family. Each learns that his conceptions of the society he is entering are wildly incorrect, as Twain reiterates a favorite theme--disenchantment with democracy. Other selections include "The £1,000,000 Bank-Note" which charts the magical rags-to-riches ascent of a virtuous and resourceful mining broker's clerk from San Francisco who arrives in London with a single dollar in his pocket, and proceeds to ultimate and splendid financial success and fame in London society--a paean to ingenuity and a celebration of its cunning confidence-man narrator.
Author: Mark Twain
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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A collection of fourteen stories by the famous author. As humorist, narrator, and social observer, Twain (Samuel Clemens) is unsurpassed in American literature. His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a masterpiece of humor, characterization, and realism, has been called the first, and perhaps the best, modern American novel. This volume is a collection of previously published stories.
Author: Mark Twain
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Languages : en
Pages : 367
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Author: Gary Scharnhorst
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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Over the last twenty years of his life, Mark Twain was a controversial figure. He evolved from the "clown prince of American literature" into a biting social critic and political observer. While some pundits hailed him as a satirist equal to Cervantes and Jonathan Swift, others excoriated him as a "degenerate literary freak" who wielded a "scurrilous and venomous pen." This volume traces the evolution of Mark Twain's public image between 1891 and his death in 1910. It features hundreds of reviews and other critical notices in magazines and newspapers across the U.S. and other English-speaking countries. The selected samples represent the full range of critical opinion, whether favorable or hostile, about his late writings. Sources reflect geographical differences in Twain's reputation, such as the conflicted responses in the British colonies towards his anti-imperialism and the pious disapproval in the American heartland of his attacks on foreign missions.
Author: Mark Twain
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781440065552
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Excerpt from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Essays and Stories HE greater number Of tales and articles included in this volume were written during Mark Twain's extended European sojourn, which began in the spring Of 1891 and ended in the autumn Of 1900. It was an active period, for he had fallen' heavily into debt, and it was only through his own efforts that he could hope for relief. He made a lecture tour of the world during these years, and produced two important books, Following the Equator and joan of Arc, two representative books - one Of them, at least, a masterpiece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520270002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Originally published: Berkeley, Calif; London: University of California Press, 1969.
Author: Merle De Vore Johnson
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Languages : en
Pages : 76
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