THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF MARK TWAIN

Author: Pete Hamill, Mark Twain, Lawrence I. Berkove
Category: Fiction/Literature
ISBN: 9780812971187
Format : Paperback
Publisher : Modern Library

Min Price: 7.00 Max Price: 72.00

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.

THE BEST SHORT STORIES OF MARK TWAIN ( ISBN 9780812971187 )

Blackwell Online

Oxford, OX, United Kingdom
Price : 21 USD
*** NEW COPY *** TITLE SHIPPED FROM UK *** Pages: 400, Biographical note Introduction by Pete Hamill Editor's preface by Lawrence I. Berkove Jim Smiley and his jumping frog 3 The story of the bad little boy who didn't come to grief 10 Cannibalism in the cars 14 Journalism in Tennessee 22 The story of the good little boy who did not prosper 29 How I edited an agricultural paper once 34 Political economy 40 A true story, repeated word for word as I heard it 46 The facts concerning the recent carnival of crime in Connecticut 51 Punch, brothers, punch! 67 Jim Baker's blue-jay yarn 72 The stolen white elephant 77 The McWilliamses and the burglar alarm 95 The private history of a campaign that failed 101 Extracts from Adam's diary 120 The man that corrupted Hadleyburg 130 The $30,000 bequest 172 Eve's diary 198 Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven 213 Letter from the recording angel 264 The great dark 269 The Second Advent 309App War times 327App Private history of the "Jumping frog" story 331App How to tell a story 339 Notes 345 More.

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