Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451530165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
The Signet Classic Book of Mark Twain's Short Stories
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451530165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451530165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
For nearly two decades before Mark Twain published his finest novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he was refining his craft and winning tremendous popularity with his short stories and sketches. This richly entertaining and comprehensive collection presents sixty-five of the very best of Mark Twain’s short pieces, from the classic frontier sketch “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” to the richly imaginative fable “Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven.” Compiled by Pulitzer Prize–winning Twain scholar and biographer, Justin Kaplan, this collection represents some of Mark Twain’s wittiest and most insightful writing.
The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0553901966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”
Publisher: Bantam Classics
ISBN: 0553901966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain’s inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” to the bitter vision of humankind in “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” to the delightful hilarity of “Is He Living or Is He Dead?” Surging with Twain’s ebullient wit and penetrating insight into the follies of human nature, this volume is a vibrant summation of the career of–in the words of H. L. Mencken–“the father of our national literature.”
The Signet Classic Book of American Short Stories
Author: Burton Raffel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451529633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The best of American short fiction Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by Washington Irving * Nathaniel Hawthorne * Edgar Allan Poe * Herman Melville * Harriet Beecher Stowe * Bret Harte * Bayard Taylor * Rose Terry Cooke * Ambrose Bierce * Hamlin Garland * Mary E. Wilkens Freeman * Henry James * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * Sarah Orne Jewett * Grace Elizabeth King * Harold Frederic * Kate Chopin * Stephen Crane * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Jack London * F. Hopkinson Smith * Zona Gale * O. Henry * Sherwood Anderson * Ernest Hemingway * John Dos Passos * Stephen Vincent Benet * Willa Cather * William Faulkner * James Thurber * F. Scott Fitzgerald * William Saroyan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451529633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The best of American short fiction Spanning over 100 years of literary history, here are 33 of the finest short stories by Washington Irving * Nathaniel Hawthorne * Edgar Allan Poe * Herman Melville * Harriet Beecher Stowe * Bret Harte * Bayard Taylor * Rose Terry Cooke * Ambrose Bierce * Hamlin Garland * Mary E. Wilkens Freeman * Henry James * Charlotte Perkins Gilman * Sarah Orne Jewett * Grace Elizabeth King * Harold Frederic * Kate Chopin * Stephen Crane * Edith Wharton * Mark Twain * Jack London * F. Hopkinson Smith * Zona Gale * O. Henry * Sherwood Anderson * Ernest Hemingway * John Dos Passos * Stephen Vincent Benet * Willa Cather * William Faulkner * James Thurber * F. Scott Fitzgerald * William Saroyan
Passages
Author: Barbara H. Solomon
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451531261
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
24 stories from today's best indian authors India's literary tradition has found a growing audience around the world. Many talented writers have arrived on the scene, each illuminating different parts of the Indian experience, from years of colonial rule to the unique challenges of life in the West. This important anthology includes short stories and novel excerpts from Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Rohinton Mistry, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, R. K. Narayan, and sixteen more.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451531261
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
24 stories from today's best indian authors India's literary tradition has found a growing audience around the world. Many talented writers have arrived on the scene, each illuminating different parts of the Indian experience, from years of colonial rule to the unique challenges of life in the West. This important anthology includes short stories and novel excerpts from Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Rohinton Mistry, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, R. K. Narayan, and sixteen more.
Companion to Literature
Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143812743X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 859
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143812743X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 859
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."
23 Great Stories
Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451532333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe “To Build a Fire” by Jack London “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant “The Man Who Would Be King” by Rudyard Kipling “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry “The South” by Jorge Luis Borges “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor “The Blind Dog” by R. K. Narayan and Fifteen Other Classic Tales in One Volume Masterpieces by some of the finest writers ever to make words come alive on paper, the stories in this volume have been selected to represent the full spectrum of the storyteller’s art. Here are works of suspense, mystery, allegory, and human drama. Given sharpened focus through insightful editorial commentary, each of these tales is distinctive in style and vision—and each is uniquely memorable.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0451532333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe “To Build a Fire” by Jack London “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant “The Man Who Would Be King” by Rudyard Kipling “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry “The South” by Jorge Luis Borges “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor “The Blind Dog” by R. K. Narayan and Fifteen Other Classic Tales in One Volume Masterpieces by some of the finest writers ever to make words come alive on paper, the stories in this volume have been selected to represent the full spectrum of the storyteller’s art. Here are works of suspense, mystery, allegory, and human drama. Given sharpened focus through insightful editorial commentary, each of these tales is distinctive in style and vision—and each is uniquely memorable.
How Nancy Jackson Married Kate Wilson and Other Tales of Rebellious Girls & Daring Young Women
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Presents a collection of thirteen stories about unconventional girls and women.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803294424
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Presents a collection of thirteen stories about unconventional girls and women.
The Power of Scenery
Author: Dennis Drabelle
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496220773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Power of Scenery tells the story of how the world’s national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted’s insights and energy serving to link three American jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496220773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The Power of Scenery tells the story of how the world’s national parks came to be, with Frederick Law Olmsted’s insights and energy serving to link three American jewels: Yosemite National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Niagara Falls State Park.
Is He Living Or Is He Dead?
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986008136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
I was spending the month of March 1892 at Mentone, in the Riviera. At this retired spot one has all the advantages, privately, which are to be had publicly at Monte Carlo and Nice, a few miles farther along. That is to say, one has the flooding sunshine, the balmy air and the brilliant blue sea, without the marring additions of human pow-wow and fuss and feathers and display.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781986008136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
I was spending the month of March 1892 at Mentone, in the Riviera. At this retired spot one has all the advantages, privately, which are to be had publicly at Monte Carlo and Nice, a few miles farther along. That is to say, one has the flooding sunshine, the balmy air and the brilliant blue sea, without the marring additions of human pow-wow and fuss and feathers and display.
Critical Companion to Mark Twain
Author: R. Kent Rasmussen
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108524
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1159
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438108524
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 1159
Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:RASD/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source, 1996""'Essential' is the word for it!